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accordance|əˈkɔːdəns|
Also 3–4 acordance, -auns.
[a. OFr. acordance agreeing, n. of action f. acorder; see accord v. and -ance.]
1. The action or state of agreeing; agreement; harmony; conformity.
1303R. Brunne Handlyng Sinne 2006 Se how þese wymmen a-cordaunce Plesyde God wyþ lytyl penaunce. 1330― Chron. 180 Þei parted þe oste in tuo, þorgh comon acordance. c1400Rom. Rose 498 Ful blisful was the accordaunce, Of swete and piteous songe thei made. 1596Spenser F.Q. v. viii. 14 So can they both themselves full eath perswade To faire accordaunce. 1633Bp. Hall Hard Texts 605 I will draw my Church to a happie accordance so as both Jewes and Gentiles shall be linked together in the bonds of peace. c1800Wordsworth To the Moon Wks. 1849 V. 278 Touched by accordance of thy placid cheer, With some internal lights to memory dear. 1869Phillips Vesuv. vi. 164 If we place in parallel columns the number of earthquakes and the number of volcanic eruptions, the degree of accordance will be seen at a glance.
b. esp. in the modern phrase, in accordance with (rarely to): in agreement or harmony with; in conformity to.
1806–31A. Knox Rem. (1844) I. 44 Where religion is pursued..in accordance with the views of the New Testament some tastes of such happiness are soon perceived. 1861Geo. Eliot Silas M. 20 With which the look of gloomy vexation on Godfrey's blond face was in sad accordance. 1865Pusey Truth & Off. Eng. Ch. 212 This was in accordance to Du Pin's previous conviction. 1880W. H. Dixon Windsor IV. xxviii 262 His deeds were never in accordance with his votes.
2. The action of granting.
1881Times 20 Aug. 9/2 The scheme..includes, among other matters, the accordance to Ireland of the rights both of taxing herself and of spending the taxes as she pleases. |