accord vs seize

accord

verb
  • To make to agree or correspond; to suit one thing to another; to adjust. 

  • To agree or correspond; to be in harmony; to be concordant. 

  • To grant as suitable or proper; to concede or award. 

  • To bring (people) to an agreement; to reconcile, settle, adjust or harmonize. 

  • To agree in pitch and tone. 

noun
  • Voluntary or spontaneous impulse to act. 

  • Agreement or concurrence of opinion, will, or action. 

  • A distinctive mixture of fragrances or the odor thereof. 

  • An agreement between parties in controversy, by which satisfaction for an injury is stipulated, and which, when executed, prevents a lawsuit. 

  • An international agreement. 

  • Agreement or harmony of things in general. 

  • A harmony in sound, pitch and tone; concord. 

seize

verb
  • To submit for consideration to a deliberative body. 

  • To have a seizure. 

  • To take advantage of (an opportunity or circumstance). 

  • Of chocolate: to change suddenly from a fluid to an undesirably hard and gritty texture. 

  • To take possession of (by force, law etc.). 

  • To deliberately take hold of; to grab or capture. 

  • To bind or lock in position immovably; see also seize up. 

  • (with of) To cause (an action or matter) to be or remain before (a certain judge or court). 

  • To have a sudden and powerful effect upon. 

  • To lay hold in seizure, by hands or claws (+ on or upon). 

  • To bind, lash or make fast, with several turns of small rope, cord, or small line. 

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