Accord

First attested in the late 13th century.
From Middle English acorden, from Old French acorder (compare modern French accord and accorder), from Vulgar Latin accordÅ ("to be heart to heart with"), formed from Latin ad + cor ("heart").
The verb is first attested in early 12th century.

Full definition of accord

(plural accords)

17th century, "The Self-Subsistence of the Soul", John Davies (poet),Those sweet accords are even the angels' lays.

Agreement or harmony of things in general.the accord of light and shade in painting
(legal) An agreement between parties in controversy, by which satisfaction for an injury is stipulated, and which, when executed, prevents a lawsuit.
(international law) An international agreement.The Geneva Accord of 1954 ended the French-Indochinese War.
(obsolete) Assent
Voluntary or spontaneous impulse to act.Nobody told me to do it. I did it of my own accord.

Bible, Leviticus xxv. 5That which groweth of its own accord of thy harvest thou shalt not reap.

(transitive) To make to agree or correspond; to suit one thing to another; to adjust.

1590, Philip Sidney, Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia, p. 150:Her hands accorded the Lutes musicke to the voice;

(transitive) To bring (people) to an agreement; to reconcile, settle, adjust or harmonize.

1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, Book III:But Satyrane forth stepping, did them stay
And with faire treatie pacifide their ire,
Then when they were accorded from the fray ...
Southall which particulars, being confessedly knotty and difficult, can never be accorded but by a competent stock of critical learning

1593, William Shakespeare, , III-i:For things are often spoke and seldom meant;
But that my heart accordeth with my tongue,â€”
1671, John Milton, Paradise Regained, :Thy actions to thy words accord;

(intransitive) To agree in pitch and tone.
(transitive, dated, legal) To grant as suitable or proper; to concede or award.

1951, United Nations' , article 14: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.