Definition of "accord"

These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Iesus, and with his brethen.

1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], Acts 1:14

a mediator of an accord and peace between them

1622, Francis, Lord Verulam, Viscount St. Alban [i.e. Francis Bacon], The Historie of the Raigne of King Henry the Seventh, […], London: […] W[illiam] Stansby for Matthew Lownes, and William Barret

Those sweet accords are even the angels' lays.

17th century, Sir John Davies, The Self-Subsistence of the Soul

Oriental fragrances often incorporate an accord referred to as amber. It is a perfumery accord using vanilla, olibanum, balsamic resins, and citrus to varying degrees.

2010 November 18, Daphna Havkin-Frenkel, Faith C. Belanger, Handbook of Vanilla Science and Technology, John Wiley & Sons

Accord is the perfumer's word for a perfume formulation that can be incorporated into any perfume calling for a particular note.

2016 October 15, Valerie Ann Worwood, The Complete Book of Essential Oils and Aromatherapy, Revised and Expanded: Over 800 Natural, Nontoxic, and Fragrant Recipes to Create Health, Beauty, and Safe Home and Work Environments, New World Library, page 450

Accord is a satisfaction agreed upon between the party injuring and the party injured ; which , when performed , is a bar of all actions upon this account

1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press

That which groweth of its own accord of thy harvest thou shalt not reap.

1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], Leviticus 25:5

[H]er hands accorded the Lutes musicke to the voice;

1590, Philip Sidney, The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia, page 150

But Satyrane forth stepping, did them stay / And with faire treatie pacifide their ire, / Then when they were accorded from the fray […]

1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie

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

1660, Robert South, The Scribe instructed, &c.

For things are often spoke and seldom meant; / But that my heart accordeth with my tongue,—

1593, William Shakespeare, The Second Part of King Henry the Sixth, III-i

Thy actions to thy words accord, thy words / To thy large heart give utterance due, thy heart / Conteins of good, wiſe, juſt, the perfect ſhape.

1671, John Milton, “The Third Book”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J. M[acock] for John Starkey […], page 54, lines 9–11

Let knowledge grow from more to more,⁠But more of reverence in us dwell;⁠That mind and soul, according well,May make one music as before,But vaster. […]

1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], prologue

Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers, […]. Even such a boat as the Mount Vernon offered a total deck space so cramped as to leave secrecy or privacy well out of the question, even had the motley and democratic assemblage of passengers been disposed to accord either.

1910, Emerson Hough, chapter II, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company

And, when the blinding tears had fallen, I sawThat column, and those corpses, and the moon,And felt the poisonous tooth of hunger gnawMy vitals, I rejoiced, as if the boonOf senseless death would be accorded soon;— […]

1817 December, Percy Bysshe Shelley, “The Revolt of Islam. […]”, in [Mary] Shelley, editor, The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley. […], volume I, London: Edward Moxon […], published 1839, page 217

In respect of the protection of industrial property, […] a refugee shall be accorded in the country in which he has his habitual residence the same protection as is accorded to nationals of that country.

1951, United Nations, Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, article 14

In the present case, and contrary to the Government’s submission, the Court considers that there is indeed a consensus amongst a substantial majority of the Contracting States of the Council of Europe towards allowing abortion on broader grounds than accorded under Irish law.

2010 December 16, European Court of Human Rights, A, B and C v. Ireland‎, number 25579/05, marginal 235