ac·cord / əˈkôrd/ • v. 1. [tr.] give or grant someone (power, status, or recognition): the powers accorded to ahead of state.2. [intr.] (accord with) (of a concept or fact) be harmonious or consistent with.• n. an official agreement or treaty. ∎  agreement or harmony: the government and the rebels are in accord on one point.PHRASES: in accord with according to.of its own accord without outside intervention: the rash may go away of its own accord.of one's own accord voluntarily.with one accord in a united way.

accord vb. XII. — OF. acorder (mod. acc-) :- Rom. *accordāre, f. AC-, after concordāre agree (see CONCORD).
So accord sb. XIII. accordance XIV. The use of according as adv. dates from XV.

ACCORD

An agreement that settles a dispute, generally requiring an obligee to accept a compromise or satisfaction from the obligor with something less than what was originally demanded. Also often used synonymously with treaty.

accord (Fr.).
1. Chord.

2. ‘Tuning’.