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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

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

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.]
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            Her hands accorded the lute's music to the voice.
                                                  --Sidney.
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   2. To bring to an agreement, as persons; to reconcile; to
      settle, adjust, harmonize, or compose, as things; as, to
      accord suits or controversies.
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            When they were accorded from the fray. --Spenser.
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            All which particulars, being confessedly knotty and
            difficult can never be accorded but by a competent
            stock of critical learning.           --South.
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   3. To grant as suitable or proper; to concede; to award; as,
      to accord to one due praise. "According his desire."
      --Spenser.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
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            My heart accordeth with my tongue.    --Shak.
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            Thy actions to thy words accord.      --Milton.
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   2. To agree in pitch and tone.
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5. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

ACCORD, in contracts. A satisfaction agreed upon between the party injuring
and the party injured, which when performed is a bar to all actions upon
this account. 3 Bl. Com. 15; Bac. Abr, Accord.
     2. In order to make a good accord it is essential:
          1. That the accord be legal.  An agreement to drop a criminal
prosecution as a satisfaction for an assault and imprisonment, is void. 5
East, 294. See 2 Wils. 341 Cro. Eliz. 541.
     3.-2. It must be advantageous to the contracting party; hence
restoring to the plaintiff his chattels, or his land, of which the defendant
has wrongfully dispossessed him, will not be any consideration to support a
promise by the plaintiff not to sue him for those injuries. Bac. Abr.
Accord, &c. A; Perk. s. 749; Dyer, 75; 5 East, R. 230; 1 Str. R. 426; 2 T.
R. 24; 11 East, R. 390; 3 Hawks, R. 580; 2 Litt. R. 49; 1 Stew. R. 476; 5
Day, R. 360; 1 Root, R. 426; 3 Wend. R. 66; 1 Wend, R. 164; 14 Wend. R. 116;
3 J. J. Marsh. R. 497.
     4.-3. It must be certain; hence an agreement that the defendant shall
relinquish the possession of a house in satisfaction, &c., is not valid,
unless it is also agreed at what time it shall be relinquished. Yelv. 125.
See 4 Mod. 88; 2 Johns. 342; 3 Lev. 189.
     5.-4. The defendant must be privy to the contract. If therefore the
consideration for the promise not to sue proceeds from another, the
defendant is a stranger to the agreement, and the circumstance that the
promise has been made to him will be of no avail. Str. 592; 6, John. R. 37;
3 Monr. R. 302 but in such case equity will grant relief by injunction. 3
Monr. R. 302; 5 East, R. 294; 1 Smith's R. 615; Cro. Eliz. 641; 9 Co. 79, b;
3 Taunt. R. 117; 5 Co. 117, b.
     6.-5. The accord must be executed. 5 Johns. R. 386; 3 Johns. Cas.
243; 16 Johns. R. 86; 2 Wash. C. C. R. 180; 6 Wend. R. 390; 5 N. H. Rep.
136; Com. Dig. Accord, B 4.
     7. Accord with satisfaction when completed has two effects; it is a
payment of the debt; and it is a species of sale of the thing given by the
debtor to the creditor, in satisfaction; but it differs from it in this,
that it is not valid until the delivery of the article, and there is no
warranty of the thing  thus sold, except perhaps the title; for in regard to
this, it cannot be doubted, that if the debtor gave on an accord and
satisfaction the goods of another, there would be no satisfaction. See
Dation, en paiement. See in general Com. Dig. h.t.; Bac. Ab. h.t.; Com.
Dig. Pleader, 2 V 8; 5 East, R. 230; 4 Mod. 88 ; 1 Taunt. R. 428; 7 East, R.
150; 1 J. B. Moore, 358, 460; 2 Wils. R. 86; 6 Co. 43, b; 3 Chit. Com. Law,
687 to 698; Harr. Dig. h.t.; 1 W. Bl. 388; 2 T. R. 24; 2 Taunt. 141; 3
Taunt. 117; 5 B.& A. 886; 2 Chit. R. 303 324; 11 East, 890; 7 Price, 604; 2
Greenl. Ev. Sec. 28; 1 Bouv. Inst. n. 805; 3 Bouv. Inst. n. 24 78-79-80-81.
Vide Discharge of Obligations.

6. The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906)

ACCORD, n.  Harmony.

7. U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

Accord, NY -- U.S. Census Designated Place in New York
   Population (2000):    622
   Housing Units (2000): 256
   Land area (2000):     3.388190 sq. miles (8.775371 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.052438 sq. miles (0.135813 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    3.440628 sq. miles (8.911184 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            00155
   Located within:       New York (NY), FIPS 36
   Location:             41.791103 N, 74.228766 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     12404
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Accord, NY
    Accord

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