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The laws of concord, that is, the agreement of certain words, must be obeyed 1) The verb agrees with its subject in person and number.

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  1. noun Harmony or agreement of interests or feelings; accord.
  2. noun A treaty establishing peaceful relations.
  3. noun Grammar Agreement between words in person, number, gender, or case.
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  1. Middle English concorde, from Old French, from Latin concordia, from concors, concord-, agreeing : com-, com- + cor, cord-, heart; see kerd- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from French concorde = Provencal Spanish Portuguese Italian concordia, from Latin concordia, agreement, union, harmony, from concor(d-)s, earlier concordis, of the same mind, agreeing, from com-, together, + cor(d-) = English heart: see cordiæ, core, and heart, and cf. accord, discord.
  2. from Middle English concorden, from Old French concorder, French concorder = Provencal Spanish Portuguese concordar = Italian concordare, from Latin concordare, be of one mind, agree, from concor(d-)s, agreeing: see concord, n., and cf. accord, record, v.
 

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/ˈkɑŋkɔrd/
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