accord
/əˈkoɹd/ verb B2- To make to agree or correspond; to suit one thing to another; to adjust.
- To bring (people) to an agreement; to reconcile, settle, adjust or harmonize.
- To agree or correspond; to be in harmony; to be concordant.
- To agree in pitch and tone.
- To grant as suitable or proper; to concede or award. · The treatment accorded Russia by her sister nations will be the acid test of their good will.
He/she/it accords · Past accorded · Past participle accorded · -ing form according
Verb forms
- Base form
- accord
- He/she/it
- accords
- Past
- accorded
- Past participle
- accorded
- -ing form
- according
From the library
Now to Baloo’s word I will add one bull, and a fat one, newly killed, not half a mile from here, if ye will accept the man’s cub according to the Law.
More I cannot do; but if ye will, I can save ye the shame that comes of killing a brother against whom there is no fault--a brother spoken for and bought into the Pack according to the Law of the Jungle.”
Thank him according to our customs, Mowgli.”
Depend upon it, Marilla, she’ll cool off in a week or so and be ready enough to go back of her own accord, that’s what, while, if you were to make her go back right off, dear knows what freak or tantrum she’d take next and make more trouble than ever.
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