Accorded

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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