Etymology : Middle English, from Old French acorder, from Vulgar Latin accordare, from Latin ad- + cord-, cor heart; more at HEART
Pronunciation : &-'kord
Function : verb
Date : 12th century
1. adby; like, as; in agreement with. according\ac*cord"ing\ , adv. accordingly; correspondingly. [obs.]according \ac*cord"ing\, p. a. agreeing; in agreement or harmony; harmonious. "this according voice of national wisdom." "mind and soul according well." according to him, every person was to be bought. our zeal should be according to knowledge.note: according to has been called a prepositional phrase, but strictly speaking, according is a participle in the sense of agreeing, acceding, and to alone is the preposition.according as, precisely as; the same as; corresponding to the way in which. according as is an adverbial phrase, of which the propriety has been doubted; but good usage sanctions it. see:
according, adv. is all things well, according as i gave directions? the land which the lord will give you according as he hath promised. xii. 25.
2. Agreeing; in agreement or harmony; harmonious.
3. Accordingly; correspondingly. as reported or stated by; "according to historians" in agreement with or accordant with; "according to instructions".
4. Agreement or concurrence of opinion, will, or action; harmony of mind; consent; assent.
5. Harmony of sounds; agreement in pitch and tone; concord; as, the accord of tones.
6. Agreement, harmony, or just correspondence of things; as, the accord of light and shade in painting.
7. Voluntary or spontaneous motion or impulse to act; preceded by own; as, of one's own accord.
8. An agreement between parties in controversy, by which satisfaction for an injury is stipulated, and which, when executed, bars a suit.
9. To make to agree or correspond; to suit one thing to another; to adjust; followed by to.
10. To bring to an agreement, as persons; to reconcile; to settle, adjust, harmonize, or compose, as things; as, to accord suits or controversies.
11. To grant as suitable or proper; to concede; to award; as, to accord to one due praise.
12. To agree; to correspond; to be in harmony; followed by with, formerly also by to; as, his disposition accords with his looks.
13. To agree in pitch and tone. sympathetic compatibility concurrence of opinion; "we are in accord with your proposal" allow to have; "grant a privilege".