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pledge
English
Etymology
From Middle English plege, from Anglo-Norman plege, from Old French plege (Modern French pleige) from Medieval Latin plevium, plebium, from plebi? (“I pledge”), from Frankish *plehan (“to pledge; to support; to guarantee”). Akin to Old High German pflegan (“to take care of, be accustomed to”), Old Saxon plegan (“to vouch for”), Old English pl?on (“to risk, endanger”). More at plight.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pl?d?/
- Rhymes: -?d?
Verb
pledge (third-person singular simple present pledges, present participle pledging, simple past and past participle pledged)
- To make a solemn promise (to do something).
- To deposit something as a security; to pawn.
- (transitive) To give assurance of friendship by the act of drinking; to drink to one's health.
- 1773, Oliver Goldsmith, She Stoops to Conquer
- HARDCASTLE [Taking the cup.] I hope you'll find it to your mind. I have prepared it with my own hands, and I believe you'll own the ingredients are tolerable. Will you be so good as to pledge me, sir? Here, Mr. Marlow, here is to our better acquaintance. [Drinks.]
- 1852, Matthew Arnold, Tristram and Iseult
- Reach me my golden cup that stands by thee,
- And pledge me in it first for courtesy.
- 1773, Oliver Goldsmith, She Stoops to Conquer
Translations
Noun
pledge (plural pledges)
- A solemn promise to do something.
- Synonym: commitment
- (with the) A promise to abstain from drinking alcohol.
- (law) A bailment of personal property to secure payment of a debt without transfer of title.
- The personal property so pledged, to be kept until the debt is payed.
- Synonym: collateral
- The personal property so pledged, to be kept until the debt is payed.
- A person who has taken a pledge of allegiance to a college fraternity, but is not yet formally approved.
- A drinking toast.
Derived terms
- antipledge, antipledging
- pledgeless
Translations
See also
- oath
- vow
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accord
English
Etymology
- First attested in the late 13th century.
- From Middle English accorden, acorden, borrowed from Old French acorder (compare modern French accord and accorder), from Vulgar Latin *accord?, accord?re (“to be heart to heart with”), formed from Latin ad + cor (“heart”).
- The verb is first attested in early 12th century.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /??k??d/
- (US) IPA(key): /??k??d/
- Rhymes: -??(?)d
Noun
accord (countable and uncountable, plural accords)
- Agreement or concurrence of opinion, will, or action.
- 1769, The King James Bible - Oxford Standard Text, Acts 1:14
- These all continued with one accord in prayer.
- 1769, The King James Bible - Oxford Standard Text, Acts 1:14
- A harmony in sound, pitch and tone; concord.
- Agreement or harmony of things in general.
- (law) An agreement between parties in controversy, by which satisfaction for an injury is stipulated, and which, when executed, prevents a lawsuit.
- (international law) An international agreement.
- (obsolete) Assent
- Voluntary or spontaneous impulse to act.
Synonyms
- (concurrence of opinion): consent, assent
- (international agreement): treaty
Derived terms
- of one's own accord
- with one accord
Related terms
- chord
Translations
Verb
accord (third-person singular simple present accords, present participle according, simple past and past participle accorded)
- (transitive) To make to agree or correspond; to suit one thing to another; to adjust.
- (transitive) To bring (people) to an agreement; to reconcile, settle, adjust or harmonize.
- (intransitive) To agree or correspond; to be in harmony; to be concordant.
- Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers, […]. Even such a boat as the Mount Vernon offered a total deck space so cramped as to leave secrecy or privacy well out of the question, even had the motley and democratic assemblage of passengers been disposed to accord either.
- (intransitive) To agree in pitch and tone.
- (transitive, law) To grant as suitable or proper; to concede or award.
- (intransitive, obsolete) To give consent.
- (intransitive, archaic) To arrive at an agreement.
Translations
Derived terms
French
Etymology
Deverbal of accorder. Compare with Catalan acord.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.k??/
Noun
accord m (plural accords)
- chord
- agreement
- permission, consent
Derived terms
- accord parfait
- accorder
- d'accord
- d'un commun accord
- désaccord
Descendants
- ? Danish: akkord
- ? German: Akkord
- ? Norwegian Bokmål: akkord
- ? Norwegian Nynorsk: akkord
Further reading
- “accord” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- cocard
Norman
Etymology
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Noun
accord m (plural accords)
- (Jersey) agreement
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