Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

            A mediator of an accord and peace between them.
                                                  --Bacon.

            These all continued with one accord in prayer.
                                                  --Acts i. 14.

   2. Harmony of sounds; agreement in pitch and tone; concord;
      as, the accord of tones.

            Those sweet accords are even the angels' lays. --Sir
                                                  J. Davies.

   3. Agreement, harmony, or just correspondence of things; as,
      the accord of light and shade in painting.

   4. Voluntary or spontaneous motion or impulse to act; --
      preceded by own; as, of one's own accord.

            That which groweth of its own accord of thy harvest
            thou shalt not reap.                  --Lev. xxv. 5.

            Of his own accord he went unto you.   --2 Cor. vii.
                                                  17.

   5. (Law) An agreement between parties in controversy, by
      which satisfaction for an injury is stipulated, and which,
      when executed, bars a suit. --Blackstone.

   {With one accord}, with unanimity.

            They rushed with one accord into the theater. --Acts
                                                  xix. 29.

Accord \Ac*cord"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Accorded}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {According}.] [OE. acorden, accorden, OF. acorder, F.
   accorder, fr. LL. accordare; L. ad + cor, cordis, heart. Cf.
   {Concord}, {Discord}, and see {Heart}.]
   1. To make to agree or correspond; to suit one thing to
      another; to adjust; -- followed by to. [R.]

            Her hands accorded the lute's music to the voice.
                                                  --Sidney.

   2. To bring to an agreement, as persons; to reconcile; to
      settle, adjust, harmonize, or compose, as things; as, to
      accord suits or controversies.

            When they were accorded from the fray. --Spenser.

            All which particulars, being confessedly knotty and
            difficult can never be accorded but by a competent
            stock of critical learning.           --South.

   3. To grant as suitable or proper; to concede; to award; as,
      to accord to one due praise. ``According his desire.''
      --Spenser.

Accord \Ac*cord"\, v. i.
   1. To agree; to correspond; to be in harmony; -- followed by
      with, formerly also by to; as, his disposition accords
      with his looks.

            My heart accordeth with my tongue.    --Shak.

            Thy actions to thy words accord.      --Milton.

   2. To agree in pitch and tone.

Source : WordNet®

accord
     n 1: harmony of people's opinions or actions or characters; "the
          two parties were in agreement" [syn: {agreement}] [ant:
          {disagreement}]
     2: concurrence of opinion; "we are in accord with your
        proposal" [syn: {conformity}, {accordance}]
     3: a written agreement between two states or sovereigns [syn: {treaty},
         {pact}]
     4: sympathetic compatibility [syn: {rapport}]
     v 1: go together; "The colors don't harmonize"; "Their ideas
          concorded" [syn: {harmonize}, {harmonise}, {consort}, {concord},
           {fit in}, {agree}]
     2: allow to have; "grant a privilege" [syn: {allot}, {grant}]