accordant

[ACCORD, ข.] Making melody or harmony with. Used (1) of musical instruments or the voice. IMG:content-0088.png:[blocks in formation] (2) Fig .: Of the feelings, of hearts, or generally of anything in consonance or agreement with something else. Formerly followed by to , now by with . "Hir dyete was accordant to hir cote." Chaucer: C. T., 16,322 "Subjects that excite Feelings with those accordant ." Words worth: Excursion, bk. vi. "Strictly accordant with true morality."-Darwin: Descent of Man , vol. 1, pt. i, ch. iii. "The doctrine which furnishes accordant solutions on the various leading questions of polity."-Martin eau: Comte's Philosophy , bk. vi., ch. 1., p. 6. ac-cord-ant-ly, adv . [ACCORDANT.] In accordance with, agreeably to or with. ( Dwight .) ac-cord-a-tu-ra, s. [Ital.] A particular method of tuning a stringed instrument.