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. Cath. 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.
