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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