All 39 Uses of
accord
in
The Pathfinder, by Cooper
- Sartain, when I got the right position, I finished the affair of my own accord.†
Chpt 2 *own accord = own mind -- voluntarily (without anyone asking)
- As for courage, Jasper, I will not send back an angry and unmeaning word to meet an angry and an unmeaning word; for I know that you are true in your station and according to your knowledge; but take the advice of one who faced the Mingos when you were a child, and know that their cunning is easier sarcumvented by prudence than outwitted by foolishness.†
Chpt 4according to = as stated by; or in agreement with
- In this exigency the guide came to a decision with his usual cool promptitude, making his preparations accordingly.†
Chpt 5 *accordingly = in keeping with or in agreement with what was just stated
- That one scalp has more honor in it, according to the Sarpent's notions of warfare, than a field covered with slain, that kept the hair on their heads.†
Chpt 6according to = as stated by; or in agreement with
- The Great Sarpent is in the hands of his own Deity, and will live or die, according to the intentions of Providence.†
Chpt 6
- "Nay, nay," interrupted the single-hearted and generous guide; "Jasper wants not for friends in this region, I can assure you; and though seeing the world, according to his habits, may do him good as well as another, we shall think none the worse of him if he never quits us.†
Chpt 7
- In my judgment, every man is to be esteemed or condemned according to his gifts; and if Master Cap is useless in running the Oswego Falls, I try to remember that he is useful when out of sight of land; and if Jasper be useless when out of sight of land, I do not forget that he has a true eye and steady hand when running the falls.†
Chpt 7
- The lady, it seems, is willing to wait, rather than suffer the hardships of service in this wild region; all of which, brother Cap, is not according to my notions of a woman's duties.†
Chpt 9
- He accordingly accompanied his niece, leaving Sergeant Dunham and his friend, the Pathfinder, alone together.†
Chpt 9accordingly = in keeping with or in agreement with what was just stated
- That is according to your hunting notions, Pathfinder; but firearms should sparkle and glitter in the sun, and I never yet could see any beauty in a clouded barrel.†
Chpt 9according to = as stated by; or in agreement with
- According to the rules of the day, none could proceed to the second trial who had failed in the first, and the adjutant of the place, who acted as master of the ceremonies, or marshal of the day, called upon the successful adventurers by name to get ready for the next effort, while he gave notice that those who failed to present themselves for the shot at the bull's-eye would necessarily be excluded from all the higher trials.†
Chpt 11
- Deception, unless it were at the expense of his enemies in the field,—nay, concealment of even a thought,—was so little in accordance with the Pathfinder's very nature, that he was not a little embarrassed by this simple question.†
Chpt 13accordance = keeping with; or agreement with
- Not that I am an enemy, either, according to Indian notions; though I am their enemy, I will admit, agreeable to Christianity.†
Chpt 13according to = as stated by; or in agreement with
- "That might have been accident," returned the Sergeant, "for such a thing has happened to myself; besides, the halyards lead to a pulley, and the flag would have come right, or not, according to the manner in which the lad hoisted it."†
Chpt 13
- Well, well, all this seems natural, and according to matrimony.†
Chpt 15
- To one as upright as Pathfinder, Arrowhead had conducted himself with delicacy and propriety, though it would have been more in accordance with his own frank nature to have met the father, and abided by the simple truth.†
Chpt 15accordance = keeping with; or agreement with
- According to the account of Master Cap, the wind had died away to a calm about midnight, or just as he was thinking of heaving-to, to sound, for islands ahead were beginning to be seen.†
Chpt 15according to = as stated by; or in agreement with
- I have acted according to my judgment hitherto,—what would you have me do?†
Chpt 17
- Before we met, I had a sort of pleasure in following up the hounds, in fancy, as it might be; and even in striking a trail of the Iroquois—nay, I've been in skrimmages and ambushments, in thought like, and found satisfaction in it, according to my gifts; but all those things have lost their charms since I've made acquaintance with you.†
Chpt 18
- The cutter accordingly hauled upon a wind with the least possible delay, with everything set that would draw.†
Chpt 19accordingly = in keeping with or in agreement with what was just stated
- This is according to orders, Master Cap, Major Duncan having commanded me never to approach the station unless at a moment when the people were below; for he does not wish there should be more pilots in those waters than the king has need of.†
Chpt 19according to = as stated by; or in agreement with
- If you think this, my friend, of your own accord and natural modesty, as it might be, my duty to you as an old fellow-campaigner compels me to say—†
Chpt 19own accord = own mind -- voluntarily (without anyone asking)
- Such was now the case with Sergeant Dunham, who, instead of looking forward to victory as certain, according to his usual habits, began to feel the possibility that he might be parting with his child for ever.†
Chpt 19according to = as stated by; or in agreement with
- A military disposition might be made in defence of the island, out of all question, and according to the art of war, though we would probably fail in the force necessary to carry out the design in any very creditable manner.†
Chpt 20
- "I thank you, June, for this preference, which is not according to the notion of us white women," returned Mabel, smiling in spite of the fearful situation in which she was placed; "but I may not, probably never shall, marry at all."†
Chpt 22
- June was quite as anxious as Mabel could be on any other point to know where the Sergeant had gone and when he was expected to return; but she abstained from putting the question, with a delicacy that would have done honor to the highest civilization; nor did she once frame any other inquiry in a way to lead indirectly to a betrayal of the much-desired information on that particular point: though when Mabel of her own accord touched on any matter that might by possibility throw a light on the subject, she listened with an intentness which almost suspended respiration.†
Chpt 22own accord = own mind -- voluntarily (without anyone asking)
- We ambushed three boats, druv' the Frenchers out of them, got possession and sunk them, according to orders, in the deepest part of the channel; and the savages of Upper Canada will fare badly for Indian goods this winter.†
Chpt 23according to = as stated by; or in agreement with
- As the matter now stands, he has gained himself credit; and, could he once drive off these miscreants, and make an honorable retreat, laying the huts and block in ashes, no doubt, Lundie would remember it and sarve him accordingly.†
Chpt 23accordingly = in keeping with or in agreement with what was just stated
- I know little of the settlements, or of the notions that men hold in them; but up hereaway even the Indians rate a warrior's character according to his luck.†
Chpt 23according to = as stated by; or in agreement with
- Not a little precaution was necessary, according to Pathfinder's judgment and experience, in performing even this simple act; for he had known the careless slain by their want of proper attention to what might have seemed to the ignorant supererogatory means of safety.†
Chpt 23
- Although the idea of her uncle's affording religious consolation by the side of a death-bed certainly never obtruded itself on the imagination of Mabel, she thought there might be a propriety in the request with which she was unacquainted, and she complied accordingly.†
Chpt 24accordingly = in keeping with or in agreement with what was just stated
- the man acted according to his gifts, and he has been rewarded according to his gifts.†
Chpt 24according to = as stated by; or in agreement with
- the man acted according to his gifts, and he has been rewarded according to his gifts.†
Chpt 24
- I have often thought he has a nat'ral gift in the way of schooners and sloops, and have respected him accordingly.†
Chpt 25accordingly = in keeping with or in agreement with what was just stated
- He disliked Muir, whose smooth-tongued courtesy was little in accordance with his own frank and ingenuous nature; but he had been shocked at his unexpected and violent death, though accustomed to similar scenes, and he had been surprised at the exposure of his treachery.†
Chpt 27accordance = keeping with; or agreement with
- Ay, ay, boy, according to your idees of my goodness; that is to say, I can kill a deer, or even a Mingo at need, with any man on the lines; or I can follow a forest-path with as true an eye, or read the stars, when others do not understand them.†
Chpt 27according to = as stated by; or in agreement with
- Now, Jasper, I dare to say you think so, nay, I know you do; for it is nat'ral, and according to friendship, for people to look over-favorably at them they love.†
Chpt 27
- Sergeant Dunham is both my brother-in-law and my friend,—that is to say, as intimate a friend as a soldier well can be with a seafaring man,—and I respect and honor him accordingly.†
Chpt 27accordingly = in keeping with or in agreement with what was just stated
- Let your grief out—let it out, according to natur', and when the proper time comes I shall have more to say to you.†
Chpt 30according to = as stated by; or in agreement with
Definitions:
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(accord as in: according to, or in accord with) in keeping with; or in agreement/harmony/unity withThis meaning of accord is often seen in the form according to or accordingly where it can take on more specific meanings. For example:
- "According to Kim, ..." -- as stated by
- "To each according to her ability." -- based upon
- "Points are scored according to how well they perform." -- depending upon
- "The dose is calculated according to body weight." -- in proportion to
- "We got a flat tire. Accordingly, I pulled to the side of the road." -- because of what was just said; or as a result
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(accord as in: reached an accord) an agreementIn this sense, accord can refer to a formal agreement (such as one written between two countries) or an informal agreement (such as an unvoiced consensus about what should be done).
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(3)
(accord as in: done of her own accord) mindThis sense of accord is typically seen in the form own accord or one accord.
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(accord as in: accord her the respect deserved) to give someone special treatment -- especially respect