accord with someone or something Definition

accord
verb

accorded, according
1. rather formal
To give someone (a welcome, etc) or grant them (permission, a request, etc).
Thesaurus: bestow, grant, present, give, endow, render.

noun

1. Agreement or consent; harmony.

Idiom: of one's own accord

Willingly; without being told to or forced to.

Idiom: with one accord

With everyone in agreement and acting at the same time.

Etymology: 12c: from French acorder, from Latin cor heart.

Phrasal Verb: accord with someone or something

To agree or be in harmony with them.

Info:

○ Of one's own accord refers to willingness or initiative; on one's own account refers to benefit or advantage; but the two often overlap in meaning and are frequently confused or used imprecisely &wbox; &wbox;