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Accord \Ac*cord"\, n. [OE. acord, accord, OF. acort, acorde, F.
accord, fr. OF. acorder, F. accorder. See {Accord}, v. t.]
1. Agreement or concurrence of opinion, will, or action;
harmony of mind; consent; assent.
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A mediator of an accord and peace between them.
--Bacon.
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These all continued with one accord in prayer.
--Acts i. 14.
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2. Harmony of sounds; agreement in pitch and tone; concord;
as, the accord of tones.
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Those sweet accords are even the angels' lays. --Sir
J. Davies.
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3. Agreement, harmony, or just correspondence of things; as,
the accord of light and shade in painting.
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4. Voluntary or spontaneous motion or impulse to act; --
preceded by own; as, of one's own accord.
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That which groweth of its own accord of thy harvest
thou shalt not reap. --Lev. xxv. 5.
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Of his own accord he went unto you. --2 Cor. vii.
17.
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5. (Law) An agreement between parties in controversy, by
which satisfaction for an injury is stipulated, and which,
when executed, bars a suit. --Blackstone.
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{With one accord}, with unanimity.
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They rushed with one accord into the theater. --Acts
xix. 29.
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