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noun

Concord n.

A state of agreement; harmony; union. "Love quarrels oft in pleasing concord end."

Agreement by stipulation; compact; covenant; treaty or league. (Obs.) "The concord made between Henry and Roderick."

(Gram.) Agreement of words with one another, in gender, number, person, or case.

(Old Law) An agreement between the parties to a fine of land in reference to the manner in which it should pass, being an acknowledgment that the land in question belonged to the complainant. See Fine.

(Mus.) An agreeable combination of tones simultaneously heard; a consonant chord; consonance; harmony.

Concord n. A variety of American grape, with large dark blue (almost black) grapes in compact clusters.

verb

Concord v. i. To agree; to act together. (Obs.)

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Etymology of 'Concord'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Concord" Quotes from Famous Books

... the colonists and of these men were so different that concord was hardly possible. The missionaries desired that the blacks should be collected together in villages: the colonists were unwilling that they should be thus withdrawn from service. 'Teach them the first step in civilization, to labour honestly for their maintenance, and add ...

— The Transvaal from Within - A Private Record of Public Affairs • J. P. Fitzpatrick

... love, of concord, of charity, and of mutual deference, animated, moreover, the remembrances which were cherished of the last hours of Jesus.[1] It is always the unity of his Church, constituted by him or by his Spirit, which is ...

— The Life of Jesus • Ernest Renan

... Essays: by R.W. Emerson, of Concord, Massachusetts. With Preface by Thomas Carlyle. London: ...

— On the Choice of Books • Thomas Carlyle

... Concord, 1843.—To sit at the gate of Heaven, and watch persons as they apply for admittance, some gaining it, others being ...

— The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 109, November, 1866 • Various

... officers in his Majesty's service more bent upon making love with a due regard to health and comfort than our friends Cluffe and Puddock. Puddock, indeed, was disposed to conduct it in the true masquerading spirit, leaving the ladies to guess at the authors of that concord of sweet sounds with which the amorous air of night was to quiver round the walls and groves of Belmont; and Cluffe, externally acquiescing, had yet made up his mind, if a decent opportunity presented, to be ...

— The House by the Church-Yard • J. Sheridan Le Fanu

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