Accord, subst. 1) harmony of sounds: “gamut I am, the ground of all a.” Shr. III, 1, 73.
2) concord, harmony of minds: “be at a.” As I, 1, 67. “neighbourhood and christian-like a.” H5 V, 2, 381.
3) just correspondence of one thing with another: “how can I grace my talk, wanting a hand to give it that a.?” Tit. V, 2, 18 (Ff to give it action).
4) consent: “let your will attend on their --s,” Err. II, 1, 25 (do not desire but what they consent to). “on mine own a.” Wint. II, 3, 63. “with full a. to our demands,” H5 V, 2, 71. “this a. of Hamlet sits smiling to my heart,” Hml. I, 2, 123.
5) assent: “they have galls, good arms, strong joints, true swords, and Jove's a., nothing so full of heart,” Troil. I, 3, 238 (Jove's assent that nothing is so full of heart. M. Edd. and, Jove's accord!)*
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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