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Accordʹ

means “heart to heart.” (Latin, ad corda.) If two persons like and dislike the same things, they are heart to heart with each other.

Similarly, “con-cord” means heart with heart; “dis-cord,” heart divided from heart; “re-cord” properly means to recollect—i.e., re-cordāre, to bring again to the mind or heart; then to set down in writing for the purpose of recollecting.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Accessory
Accident
Accidental or Subjective Colours
Accidentals
Accidente!
Accidents
Accius Navius
Accolade
Accommodation
Accord
Accost
Account
Accurate
Accusative (The)
Ace
Aceldama
Acephalites
Acestes
Achæan League
Achar