accordantadj.adv.

Brit.

/əˈkɔːdnt/, U.S.

/əˈkɔrdnt/

Forms: Middle English acordant, Middle English acordaunt, Middle English acordaunte, Middle English–1500s accordaunt, Middle English– accordant; also Scottish pre-1700 accordant, pre-1700 acordaunt.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French accordant, accorder.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman acordaunt, Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French acordant, Anglo-Norman and Middle French accordant (French accordant ) in accord, in agreement (13th cent.; frequently in acordant a ), similar (13th cent.), harmonious (c1334 or earlier), favourable (c1350), use as adjective of present participle of acorder, accorder accord v. Compare Spanish acordante (c1300), Italian accordante (second half of the 13th cent.). Compare earlier according adj. With the use as adverb compare earlier accordantly adv., according adv., accordingly adv.

A. adj.

a. Without construction. In accord or agreement; similar, alike; harmonious, agreeable.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > [adjective]

ylikeeOE

likeOE

anlikeOE

accordanta1325

of a (also one) mouldc1330

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likelyc1384

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evenly?c1400

similable?a1440

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of a sort1463

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of the same, that, every, etc. feather1581

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twin-like1599

connatural1601

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semblativea1616

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like-shaped1640

connate1641

homogeneous1641

consimilar1645

congenerous1646

resemblancing1652

congeniousa1656

congenerate1657

equaliform1660

congenial1669

similitive1678

symbolizant1685

synonymous1690

of akin1723

consimilary1736

like-sized1742

cogeneric1777

alike as a row of pins1785

congenerica1834

Siamese1833

congener1867

lak1881

sorty1885

homoeomorphic1902

homogenized1958

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > [adjective] > melodious or harmonious

sweetc900

merryOE

softc1230

accordanta1325

well-soundingc1350

cordant1382

sootc1385

songfula1400

melodiousa1425

sugaredc1430

well-toneda1500

tunable1504

dulcea1513

equivalenta1513

consonant?1521

harmonicala1527

harmoniousc1550

consorteda1586

Orphean1593

concentful1595

melodical1596

sweet-recording1598

tuneful1598

sirenical1599

high-tuned1603

nightingale-like1611

soundful?1615

according1626

modulaminous1637

undiscording1645

canorous1646

symphonious1652

concinnous1654

consonous1654

harmonic1667

sirenica1704

symphonial1773

concentual1782

chantant1785

Memnonian1800

melodized1807

Orphic1817

undiscordant1819

concentuous1850

fluting1852

melodic1871

well-orchestrated1872

jarless1876

tuny1885

tunesome1890

a1325 (c1280) Southern Passion (Pepys 2344) (1927) l. 2284 (MED) Þat hare deþes acordaunt were.

?c1400 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (BL Add. 10340) (1868) i. pr. iv. l. 431 And what open confessioun of felonie had[de] euer iugis so accordaunt in cruelte?

c1450 (?c1425) St. Elizabeth of Spalbeck in Anglia (1885) 8 108 (MED) Of hir strokes maye be herde acordaunte sowne and cleer.

a1500 (?a1425) tr. Secreta Secret. (Lamb.) 98 (MED) Fyue tones er of Musyke; and if þei ne were, no songe were accordant or perfyt.

1556 N. Grimald tr. Cicero Thre Bks. Duties i. f. 56^v As in an oration well buylded, so in mannes life all thinges be accordaunt, and agreeable together.

1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing i. ii. 12 He loued my niece your daughter, and meant to acknowledge it this night in a daunce, and if he found her accordant, he meant to..instantly breake with you of it.

1652 T. Morton Lords Supper v. xi. 385 Wee adde the particular accordant Testimonies of diverse Fathers.

a1764 R. Lloyd Poet. Wks. (1774) I. 151 While eager genius plumes her infant wings, And with bold impulse strikes th' accordant strings.

1850 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. (ed. 8) ii. xxxiii. 540 These data..are not as yet sufficiently extensive or accordant in different regions.

1868 A. W. Kinglake Invasion of Crimea III. iii. 33 That kind of understanding which leads to..accordant action.

1910 Jrnl. Geol. (Chicago) 18 605 Between this and Miller Mountain are five smaller isolated gravel-capped areas lying at accordant altitudes.

1933 A. S. Eddington Expanding Universe ii. 52 The problem has been treated by McVittie, McCrae, Lemaître and Sen—not always with accordant results.

a1963 L. MacNeice Coll. Poems (1979) 245 Than whom I do not expect ever again To find a more accordant friend.

2007 New Yorker 12 Mar. 62/2 The tops of the vines are so accordant that the vines up close look more like green fences.

b. That accords with or (now rare) to a person or thing; in agreement with; in conformity to.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > [adjective]

samtalec1175

samentalea1300

accordingc1300

accordantc1350

covenablec1384

concordable1393

accorda1413

suant1418

consonant1489

convenablea1500

concordant1512

semblable1513

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modulatec1530

harmonical1531

harmoniacal1536

agreeable1540

concurrent1542

suitable1568

concinne1569

harmonial1569

sympathical1570

tunable1573

coherenta1575

conspiring1576

well-consenting1579

well-consorted1583

congruous1599

high-tuned1603

symbolizing1611

unjarring1620

concording1627

congruenta1637

harmonious1638

friendlya1641

unclashing1642

complying1646

symphoniacal1650

consistent1651

consentaneous1652

consentivea1657

symbolical1667

concordiousa1670

sympathetic1673

congenerous1677

symbolizant1685

congenial1693

symphonious1743

harmonic1756

concentual1782

undiscordant1819

concordial1822

attuned1833

connate1836

sympathetical1848

concentuous1850

consenting1858

consilient1867

tuned in1958

the mind > language > statement > agreement, concurrence, or unanimity > [adjective]

anmodOE

accordantc1350

concordable1393

ogrant?a1400

whole1413

agreeing1440

communala1470

concordant1477

agreeablea1525

greeinga1547

one-hearted?1584

consenting1589

well-tuned1592

consentient1622

concording1627

unanimousa1631

unanimate1633

homodox1656

concurrent1660

concerted1673

of one lip1677

homodoxian1716

harmonious1724

concurring1732

assenting1752

one-voiced1821

solidary1841

solidaire1845

solid1855

ditto-saying1892

assented1907

the mind > language > speech > agreement > consent > [adjective] > complying or conceding

accordantc1350

obeisantc1390

comingc1576

easya1616

concessive1632

compliable1641

concessory1641

compliant1642

condescentious1651

conceding1656

complying1668

favourable1734

concessional1765

c1350 (a1333) William of Shoreham Poems (1902) 85 (MED) Acordaunt to þy trauayl, Lord, graunte me þy coroune.

a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) i. l. 455 (MED) Such thing..That to vertu is acordant.

c1430 (c1380) G. Chaucer Parl. Fowls (Cambr. Gg.4.27) (1871) l. 203 A wynd..Made in the leuys grene a noyse softe Acordaunt to the bryddis song a lofte.

a1450 in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1895) I. 173 (MED) Þan is it acordant wyht goddis wylle.

a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. cxlvii. f. lxxviii An excedynge nombreto be accordaunt with reason.

1579 T. F. Newes from North ii. sig. Lii^v As neer accordant to the trueth as I could.

?1626 Bp. T. Morton Grand Imposture Church of Rome xiv. 288 The Graecians seeme to be as accordant with Protestants in Communion, as they are dissenting from you Romans.

1649 Bp. J. Hall Resol. & Decisions iii. x. 351 Care therefore must be taken that the interpretation given be..fully accordant to other Scripture.

1720 T. Wentworth Let. 28 Nov. (1739) I. 9 I had the Opinion of two Judges (accordant with the Judgment of some others) that the County Day can neither be adjourned nor continued.

1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1776 II. 37 I went to the cathedral, where I was very much delighted with the musick, finding it to be peculiarly solemn, and accordant with the words of the service.

1820 ‘B. Cornwall’ in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Dec. 246/2 Man's bounding spirit ebbs and swells more high Accordant to the billow's loftier roll.

1866 C. M. Yonge Cameos lxxviii, in Monthly Packet July 10 The motto must have been more accordant with the pride of London than with Henry's good sense.

1918 W. J. Jupp Wayfarings viii. 93 The revealings of a spirit fellowly and accordant with his own.

1966 Times 10 Nov. 16/3 A middle-class, middle-aged American businessman..is offered..a new life accordant with his deepest desires.

2001 L. Davidson America's Palestine 91 The press translated the Arab discourse into a form accordant with the Western way of seeing Palestine.

2. Suitable, fitting, appropriate; in accordance with something previously stated.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > [adjective]

goodeOE

rightOE

queemlOE

belonglOE

behovingc1175

limplyc1200

tidefula1300

avenantc1300

mackc1330

worthy1340

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fitty1589

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reputable1611

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homogeneous1708

applicable1711

unforeign1718

fitted1736

congenial1738

assorted1790

accommodatable1874

OK1925

a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) iv. l. 1244 Thou schalt a tale hiere A-cordant unto this matiere.

1425 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VI (Electronic ed.) Parl. Apr. 1425 §13. m. 5 Þat I may..be so reputed, holde and declared, in þis your riall court, and have and enjoie my place þerto accordant.

1477 W. Caxton in Earl Rivers tr. Dictes or Sayengis Philosophhres (1877) lf. 75 It is acordaunt, that his [sc. Socrates'] dyctes and sayengis shold be had as well as others.

1528–30 tr. T. Littleton Tenures (new ed.) f. lvi If tenant by the curtesy had alyenyd in fee wyth warrannty accordant.

1601 W. Fulbecke Hist. Coll. Continuall Factions i. 7 To such imaginations the fields and places desolate were most accordant.

1700 Law Ejectm. xvii. 260 In Ejectment one of the Defendants pleaded Not guilty, and Verdict for the Plaintiff against both, and Judgment accordant.

1814 T. Brown Paradise of Coquettes Pref. p. xxx Trains of moral reflection, with accordant images, from the scenery of inanimate nature.

1863 A. Gilchrist Life W. Blake I. 73 A nobler depth of religious beauty, with accordant grandeur of sentiment and language.

1913 E. Baird City of Purple Dreams xxiv. 255 Almost unconsciously he entered into the role of lover with accordant stage ‘business’.

1965 Times 18 Nov. 8/4 Child performers in comedy are nearly always obstructive, unless overtly treated..and handled with accordant ruthlessness.

1996 R. Coover John's Wife (1997) 311 These persons..were often as not dubbed by the townsfolk with accordant nicknames.

†B. adv.

In agreement; harmoniously, accordantly. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > pleasantness of sound > [adverb] > musically or harmoniously

melodiouslya1449

harmonically1589

harmoniously1611

accordant1755

symphoniously1757

1755 W. Mason in R. Dodsley Coll. Poems IV. 274 Kindred notes with undulation sweet Accordant wake from all thy vocal strings.

1850 J. S. Blackie tr. Æschylus Lyrical Dramas II. 100 Thy tale with mine accordant chimes.

1865 B. A. Simon Ministry Orig. Words 34 The morning stars sang accordant, and all the sons of Eloheim shouted for joy!

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	accordant
释义	accordantadj.adv. Brit. /əˈkɔːdnt/, U.S. /əˈkɔrdnt/ Forms: Middle English acordant, Middle English acordaunt, Middle English acordaunte, Middle English–1500s accordaunt, Middle English– accordant; also Scottish pre-1700 accordant, pre-1700 acordaunt. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French accordant, accorder. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman acordaunt, Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French acordant, Anglo-Norman and Middle French accordant (French accordant ) in accord, in agreement (13th cent.; frequently in acordant a ), similar (13th cent.), harmonious (c1334 or earlier), favourable (c1350), use as adjective of present participle of acorder, accorder accord v. Compare Spanish acordante (c1300), Italian accordante (second half of the 13th cent.). Compare earlier according adj. With the use as adverb compare earlier accordantly adv., according adv., accordingly adv. A. adj. 1. a. Without construction. In accord or agreement; similar, alike; harmonious, agreeable. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > [adjective] ylikeeOE likeOE anlikeOE accordanta1325 of a (also one) mouldc1330 kindred1340 lichy1370 likelyc1384 alikea1393 ontinkela1400 evenly?c1400 similable?a1440 semble1449 of a sort1463 seemable1501 uniform1548 resembled1553 self-like1556 like-natured1566 resembling1573 kindlike1579 of the same, that, every, etc. feather1581 resemblant1581 marrow1585 similar1586 like-seeming1590 twin-like1599 connatural1601 similary1610 semblativea1616 otherlike1620 like-shaped1640 connate1641 homogeneous1641 consimilar1645 congenerous1646 resemblancing1652 congeniousa1656 congenerate1657 equaliform1660 congenial1669 similitive1678 symbolizant1685 synonymous1690 of akin1723 consimilary1736 like-sized1742 cogeneric1777 alike as a row of pins1785 congenerica1834 Siamese1833 congener1867 lak1881 sorty1885 homoeomorphic1902 homogenized1958 society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > [adjective] > melodious or harmonious sweetc900 merryOE softc1230 accordanta1325 well-soundingc1350 cordant1382 sootc1385 songfula1400 melodiousa1425 sugaredc1430 well-toneda1500 tunable1504 dulcea1513 equivalenta1513 consonant?1521 harmonicala1527 harmoniousc1550 consorteda1586 Orphean1593 concentful1595 melodical1596 sweet-recording1598 tuneful1598 sirenical1599 high-tuned1603 nightingale-like1611 soundful?1615 according1626 modulaminous1637 undiscording1645 canorous1646 symphonious1652 concinnous1654 consonous1654 harmonic1667 sirenica1704 symphonial1773 concentual1782 chantant1785 Memnonian1800 melodized1807 Orphic1817 undiscordant1819 concentuous1850 fluting1852 melodic1871 well-orchestrated1872 jarless1876 tuny1885 tunesome1890 a1325 (c1280) Southern Passion (Pepys 2344) (1927) l. 2284 (MED) Þat hare deþes acordaunt were. ?c1400 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (BL Add. 10340) (1868) i. pr. iv. l. 431 And what open confessioun of felonie had[de] euer iugis so accordaunt in cruelte? c1450 (?c1425) St. Elizabeth of Spalbeck in Anglia (1885) 8 108 (MED) Of hir strokes maye be herde acordaunte sowne and cleer. a1500 (?a1425) tr. Secreta Secret. (Lamb.) 98 (MED) Fyue tones er of Musyke; and if þei ne were, no songe were accordant or perfyt. 1556 N. Grimald tr. Cicero Thre Bks. Duties i. f. 56^v As in an oration well buylded, so in mannes life all thinges be accordaunt, and agreeable together. 1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing i. ii. 12 He loued my niece your daughter, and meant to acknowledge it this night in a daunce, and if he found her accordant, he meant to..instantly breake with you of it. View more context for this quotation 1652 T. Morton Lords Supper v. xi. 385 Wee adde the particular accordant Testimonies of diverse Fathers. a1764 R. Lloyd Poet. Wks. (1774) I. 151 While eager genius plumes her infant wings, And with bold impulse strikes th' accordant strings. 1850 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. (ed. 8) ii. xxxiii. 540 These data..are not as yet sufficiently extensive or accordant in different regions. 1868 A. W. Kinglake Invasion of Crimea III. iii. 33 That kind of understanding which leads to..accordant action. 1910 Jrnl. Geol. (Chicago) 18 605 Between this and Miller Mountain are five smaller isolated gravel-capped areas lying at accordant altitudes. 1933 A. S. Eddington Expanding Universe ii. 52 The problem has been treated by McVittie, McCrae, Lemaître and Sen—not always with accordant results. a1963 L. MacNeice Coll. Poems (1979) 245 Than whom I do not expect ever again To find a more accordant friend. 2007 New Yorker 12 Mar. 62/2 The tops of the vines are so accordant that the vines up close look more like green fences. b. That accords with or (now rare) to a person or thing; in agreement with; in conformity to. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > [adjective] samtalec1175 samentalea1300 accordingc1300 accordantc1350 covenablec1384 concordable1393 accorda1413 suant1418 consonant1489 convenablea1500 concordant1512 semblable1513 convenient1526 modulatec1530 harmonical1531 harmoniacal1536 agreeable1540 concurrent1542 suitable1568 concinne1569 harmonial1569 sympathical1570 tunable1573 coherenta1575 conspiring1576 well-consenting1579 well-consorted1583 congruous1599 high-tuned1603 symbolizing1611 unjarring1620 concording1627 congruenta1637 harmonious1638 friendlya1641 unclashing1642 complying1646 symphoniacal1650 consistent1651 consentaneous1652 consentivea1657 symbolical1667 concordiousa1670 sympathetic1673 congenerous1677 symbolizant1685 congenial1693 symphonious1743 harmonic1756 concentual1782 undiscordant1819 concordial1822 attuned1833 connate1836 sympathetical1848 concentuous1850 consenting1858 consilient1867 tuned in1958 the mind > language > statement > agreement, concurrence, or unanimity > [adjective] anmodOE accordantc1350 concordable1393 ogrant?a1400 whole1413 agreeing1440 communala1470 concordant1477 agreeablea1525 greeinga1547 one-hearted?1584 consenting1589 well-tuned1592 consentient1622 concording1627 unanimousa1631 unanimate1633 homodox1656 concurrent1660 concerted1673 of one lip1677 homodoxian1716 harmonious1724 concurring1732 assenting1752 one-voiced1821 solidary1841 solidaire1845 solid1855 ditto-saying1892 assented1907 the mind > language > speech > agreement > consent > [adjective] > complying or conceding accordantc1350 obeisantc1390 comingc1576 easya1616 concessive1632 compliable1641 concessory1641 compliant1642 condescentious1651 conceding1656 complying1668 favourable1734 concessional1765 c1350 (a1333) William of Shoreham Poems (1902) 85 (MED) Acordaunt to þy trauayl, Lord, graunte me þy coroune. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) i. l. 455 (MED) Such thing..That to vertu is acordant. c1430 (c1380) G. Chaucer Parl. Fowls (Cambr. Gg.4.27) (1871) l. 203 A wynd..Made in the leuys grene a noyse softe Acordaunt to the bryddis song a lofte. a1450 in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1895) I. 173 (MED) Þan is it acordant wyht goddis wylle. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. cxlvii. f. lxxviii An excedynge nombreto be accordaunt with reason. 1579 T. F. Newes from North ii. sig. Lii^v As neer accordant to the trueth as I could. ?1626 Bp. T. Morton Grand Imposture Church of Rome xiv. 288 The Graecians seeme to be as accordant with Protestants in Communion, as they are dissenting from you Romans. 1649 Bp. J. Hall Resol. & Decisions iii. x. 351 Care therefore must be taken that the interpretation given be..fully accordant to other Scripture. 1720 T. Wentworth Let. 28 Nov. (1739) I. 9 I had the Opinion of two Judges (accordant with the Judgment of some others) that the County Day can neither be adjourned nor continued. 1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1776 II. 37 I went to the cathedral, where I was very much delighted with the musick, finding it to be peculiarly solemn, and accordant with the words of the service. 1820 ‘B. Cornwall’ in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Dec. 246/2 Man's bounding spirit ebbs and swells more high Accordant to the billow's loftier roll. 1866 C. M. Yonge Cameos lxxviii, in Monthly Packet July 10 The motto must have been more accordant with the pride of London than with Henry's good sense. 1918 W. J. Jupp Wayfarings viii. 93 The revealings of a spirit fellowly and accordant with his own. 1966 Times 10 Nov. 16/3 A middle-class, middle-aged American businessman..is offered..a new life accordant with his deepest desires. 2001 L. Davidson America's Palestine 91 The press translated the Arab discourse into a form accordant with the Western way of seeing Palestine. 2. Suitable, fitting, appropriate; in accordance with something previously stated. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > [adjective] goodeOE rightOE queemlOE belonglOE behovingc1175 limplyc1200 tidefula1300 avenantc1300 mackc1330 worthy1340 hemea1350 convenientc1374 seemlya1375 shapelyc1374 ablea1382 cordant1382 meetc1385 accordable1386 accordinga1387 appurtenantc1386 pertinentc1390 accordanta1393 likea1393 setea1400 throa1400 agreeablec1425 habilec1425 suitly1426 competentc1430 suiting1431 fitc1440 proportionablec1443 justc1450 congruent?a1475 cordinga1475 congruec1475 afferant1480 belonging1483 cordable1485 hovable1508 attainanta1513 accommodate1525 agreeing1533 respondent1533 opportunate?1541 appropriate1544 commode1549 familiar1553 apt1563 pliant1565 liable1570 sortly1570 competible1586 sortable1586 fitty1589 accommodable1592 congruable1603 affining1606 feated1606 suity1607 reputable1611 suited1613 idoneousa1615 matchable1614 suitablea1616 congruous1631 fitten1642 responsal1647 appropriated1651 adapt1658 mack-like1672 squared1698 homogeneous1708 applicable1711 unforeign1718 fitted1736 congenial1738 assorted1790 accommodatable1874 OK1925 a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) iv. l. 1244 Thou schalt a tale hiere A-cordant unto this matiere. 1425 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VI (Electronic ed.) Parl. Apr. 1425 §13. m. 5 Þat I may..be so reputed, holde and declared, in þis your riall court, and have and enjoie my place þerto accordant. 1477 W. Caxton in Earl Rivers tr. Dictes or Sayengis Philosophhres (1877) lf. 75 It is acordaunt, that his [sc. Socrates'] dyctes and sayengis shold be had as well as others. 1528–30 tr. T. Littleton Tenures (new ed.) f. lvi If tenant by the curtesy had alyenyd in fee wyth warrannty accordant. 1601 W. Fulbecke Hist. Coll. Continuall Factions i. 7 To such imaginations the fields and places desolate were most accordant. 1700 Law Ejectm. xvii. 260 In Ejectment one of the Defendants pleaded Not guilty, and Verdict for the Plaintiff against both, and Judgment accordant. 1814 T. Brown Paradise of Coquettes Pref. p. xxx Trains of moral reflection, with accordant images, from the scenery of inanimate nature. 1863 A. Gilchrist Life W. Blake I. 73 A nobler depth of religious beauty, with accordant grandeur of sentiment and language. 1913 E. Baird City of Purple Dreams xxiv. 255 Almost unconsciously he entered into the role of lover with accordant stage ‘business’. 1965 Times 18 Nov. 8/4 Child performers in comedy are nearly always obstructive, unless overtly treated..and handled with accordant ruthlessness. 1996 R. Coover John's Wife (1997) 311 These persons..were often as not dubbed by the townsfolk with accordant nicknames. †B. adv. In agreement; harmoniously, accordantly. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > pleasantness of sound > [adverb] > musically or harmoniously melodiouslya1449 harmonically1589 harmoniously1611 accordant1755 symphoniously1757 1755 W. Mason in R. Dodsley Coll. Poems IV. 274 Kindred notes with undulation sweet Accordant wake from all thy vocal strings. 1850 J. S. Blackie tr. Æschylus Lyrical Dramas II. 100 Thy tale with mine accordant chimes. 1865 B. A. Simon Ministry Orig. Words 34 The morning stars sang accordant, and all the sons of Eloheim shouted for joy! This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.adv.a1325
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