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1. accō̆rd n.

67 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) Friendly sentiment, attitude, or disposition; goodwill, god accord; (b) sentiment or opinion; standen of accord, agree in sentiment (with sb.); fallen of accord, to consent; bi accord……

2. accō̆rdaunce n.

28 quotations in 3 senses
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Of persons: (a) agreement in sentiment, concurrence of opinion; comoun accordaunce, mutual agreement; on accordaunce, unanimity; (b) compliance (with the will of God), devotion; compliance with rules……

3. accō̆rdement n.

13 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) Reconciliation; friendliness; of on accordement, united in spirit; (b) a formal agreement of reconciliation; a covenant of peace; also, the terms of such an agreement; maken accordement, make……

4. acūte n.

4 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A fever of short but severe course; (b) of blood: sharpness, corrosiveness; (c) mus. a high-pitched note [see Du Cange, superacutae]. …

5. alamire n.

3 quotations in 1 sense
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Mus. The second note in the Guidonian hexachord on G sol re ut. [See W. Apel, Harvard Dict.of Music (1950), under hexachord.] …

6. ā-rē n.

Additional spellings: are
3 quotations in 1 sense
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Mus. The second note in the Guidonian hexachord on Gamma ut. …

7. ascensiǒun n.

33 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) The ascent of Christ to heaven; the Ascension; ascensioun dai, dai of ascensioun; (b) the feast day [forty days after Easter] commemorating the Ascension; ascensioun dai, ascensioun eve(n, the……

8. bẹ̄-fā n.

Additional spellings: befa
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Mus. The fourth tone in the Guidonian hexachord on Fut; B-flat at intervals of a second below middle C and a seventh above middle C. …

9. bẹ̄-mī n.

Additional spellings: bemi
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Mus. B-natural. …

10. bẹ̄-mol n.

Additional spellings: bemol
3 quotations in 1 sense
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Mus. The fourth tone in the Guidonian hexachord on F ut; B-flat at intervals of a second below middle C and a seventh above middle C. …

11. bē-quarre n.

Additional spellings: bequarre
2 quotations in 1 sense
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Mus. B-natural. …

12. brẹ̄f n.

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(a) A written communication, a letter; (b) a letter of authority or credentials; an authorization. …

13. ce-fa-ut n.

Additional spellings: cefaut
2 quotations in 1 sense
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Mus. The fourth note in the Guidonian hexachord on Gamma ut. …

14. cē-sol-fā(-ut n.

Additional spellings: ce-sol-fa, cesolfaut, cesolfa
3 quotations in 1 sense
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Mus. The fifth note in the third Guidonian hexachord [see Apel Harvard Dict. of Music 331]. …

15. concent n.

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Mus. concord of musical parts, choral music, harmony. …

16. cō̆rd n.

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Agreement, reconciliation; an agreement, a treaty of peace. …

17. cǒuntre n.(1)

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(a) The contrary of something; a remedy; (b) the opposite half of a tally ( = countretaille); (c) ?a circular parry in fencing [cp.OD sb.(5)]; (d) hunt. the direction opposite that taken by the game……

18. crochet n.

17 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) A hook; (b) a staff with a hook at the end. …

19. dē-sol-rē n.

Additional spellings: desolre
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Mus. See hexachord III in W. Apel Harvard Dict.of Music (1950). …

20. dīapā̆sǒun n.

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Mus. (a) The consonant interval of the octave, corresponding to the mathematic proportion of 2 to 1 in number of vibrations; double (twies) diapasoun, the interval of two octaves, corresponding to the……

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