ACCORD (2)

accord (2). Accord, v. to suit with, agree, unite, tune

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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. 1. To make to agree or correspond; to suit one thing to another; to adjust; — followed by to.
Her hands accorded the lute's music to the voice. Sidney. 2. 2. To bring to an agreement, as persons; to reconcile; to settle, adjust, harmonize, or compose, as things; as, to accord suits or controversies.
When they were accorded from the fray. Spenser. All which particulars, being confessedly knotty and difficult can never be accorded but by a competent stock of critical learning. South. 3. 3. To grant as suitable or proper; to concede; to award; as, to accord to one due praise. “According his desire.” Spenser.