单词 | accorder |
释义 | accordern. Now rare. 1. A person who reconciles people or things; a mediator. Also: a person who agrees with something. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > [noun] > approver allower1528 approver1548 admirer1571 approbator1667 (a) one for ——1682 accorder1860 1597 H. Lok Ecclesiastes sig. Xv Thou kind accorder of the dreamt discord, Twixt law and conscience, Gods and mans decree. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Transacteur, a transactor, dayes-man, accorder. 1796 F. Burney Camilla III. xv. 429 (heading) An accorder. 1860 L. Hunt Autobiogr. ix. 174 Hearty accorders with the dictum of the apostle, who said [etc.]. 1908 Internat. Socialist Rev. Nov. 353 Between those two camps of strugglers cowardly run the liberal accorders, trying to reconcile both enemies. 2. A person who grants or bestows something. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > [noun] > giver givera1300 bringera1400 donatorc1449 administerer1464 donora1513 tributor1548 administrator1561 accorder1861 1861 Cornhill Mag. May 543 There is only one modern instance of a sovereign raising an unmarried lady to a place in the peerage out of pure gallantry, and with attendant increase of respect and honour both to the accorder and the recipient. 1913 A. Brown Vanishing Points 4 The pretty girl..ought to be conscious of her hereditary right as accorder of happiness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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