Word Meaning

accords definition and meaning

v. t. Agreement or concurrence of opinion, will, or action; harmony of mind; consent; assent.
v. t. Harmony of sounds; agreement in pitch and tone; concord; as, the accord of tones.
v. t. Agreement, harmony, or just correspondence of things; as, the accord of light and shade in painting.
v. t. Voluntary or spontaneous motion or impulse to act; -- preceded by own; as, of one's own accord.
v. t. An agreement between parties in controversy, by which satisfaction for an injury is stipulated, and which, when executed, bars a suit.
v. t. To make to agree or correspond; to suit one thing to another; to adjust; -- followed by to.
v. t. To bring to an agreement, as persons; to reconcile; to settle, adjust, harmonize, or compose, as things; as, to accord suits or controversies.
v. t. To grant as suitable or proper; to concede; to award; as, to accord to one due praise.
v. i. To agree; to correspond; to be in harmony; -- followed by with, formerly also by to; as, his disposition accords with his looks.
v. i. To agree in pitch and tone.

Crossword clues for accords

- Agreement
- Agreement or harmony
- Bestow on
- Concur
- Consensus
- Electrical current and flex go together
- Harmony of relation
- Heard a chord in harmony
- International agreement
- Official agreement
- Treaty
- Agreements
- Bestows on
- Squares (with)