accordment
(əˈkɔːdmənt)
Also 4 acordement, 4–5 accordement.
[a. OFr. acordement act of agreeing, f. acorder; see accord v. and -ment. The old word seems to have become obsolete in 5; and to have been formed anew in 8 either from mod.Fr. accordement, or independently from accord v.]
Agreement, reconciliation; reconcilement.
| c 1330 Arthour & Merlin 2604 Long therafterward, verrament Was y-made acordement Bitvene Ygerne and the king. 1393 Gower Conf. III. 90 To make melodie By vois and soune of instrument Through notes of accordement. 1480 Caxton Chron. Eng. (1520) ii. 17 b/1 Accordement was made bytwene Brenne and Belyn through Cornewen that was theyr moder. 1790 C. M. Graham Lett. on Educ. 466 Such determinations are construed by the stoics to be a proper accordment of their volitions to the will of the Deity. |