Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for A-GREE'MENT
A-GREE'ING-LYA-GRES'TIC, or A-GRES'TIC-AL
A-GREE'MENT, n.
- Concord; harmony; conformity. What agreement hath the temple of God with idols? – 2 Cor. vi.
- Union of opinions or sentiments; as, a good agreement subsists among the members of the council.
- Resemblance; conformity; similitude. Expansion and duration have this farther agreement. – Locke.
- Union of minds in regard to a transfer of interest; bargain; compact; contract; stipulation; as, he made an agreement for the purchase of a house. Make an agreement with me by a present. – 2 Kings xviii.
- In grammar, Concord, which see.
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