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ender accordant &c adj.; fit, suit, adapt, accommodate; graduate; adjust &c (render<br />

equal) 27; dress, regulate, readjust; accord, harmonize, reconcile; fadge † , dovetail,<br />

square.<br />

Adj. agreeing, suiting &c v.; in accord, accordant, concordant, consonant, congruous,<br />

consentaneous † , correspondent, congenial; coherent; becoming; harmonious reconcilable,<br />

conformable; in accordance with, in harmony with, in keeping with, in unison with, &c<br />

n.; at one with, of one mind, of a piece [Fr.]; consistent, compatible, proportionate;<br />

commensurate; on all fours.<br />

apt, apposite, pertinent, pat; to the point, to the purpose; happy, felicitous, germane, ad<br />

rem [Lat.], in point, on point, directly on point, bearing upon, applicable, relevant,<br />

admissible.<br />

fit adapted, in loco, a propos [Fr.], appropriate, seasonable, sortable, suitable,<br />

idoneous † , deft; meet &c (expedient) 646.<br />

at home, in one's proper element.<br />

Adv. a propos of [Fr.]; pertinently &c adj..<br />

Phr. rem acu tetigisti [Lat.]; if the shoe fits, wear it; the cap fits; auxilia humilia firma<br />

consensus facit [Lat.] [Syrus]; discers concordia [Lat.] [Ovid].<br />

24. Disagreement -- N. disagreement; discord, discordance; dissonance, dissidence,<br />

discrepancy; unconformity &c 83; incongruity, incongruence † ; discongruity † ,<br />

mesalliance; jarring &c v.; dissension &c 713; conflict &c (opposition) 708; bickering,<br />

clashing, misunderstanding, wrangle.<br />

disparity, mismatch, disproportion; dissimilitude, inequality; disproportionateness &c<br />

adj. † ; variance, divergence, repugnance.<br />

unfitness &c adj.; inaptitude, impropriety; inapplicability &c adj.; inconsistency,<br />

inconcinnity † ; irrelevancy &c (irrelation) 10.<br />

misjoining † , misjoinder † ; syncretism † , intrusion, interference; concordia discors [Lat.].<br />

fish out of water.<br />

V. disagree; clash, jar &c (discord) 713; interfere, intrude, come amiss; not concern &c<br />

10; mismatch; humano capiti cervicem jungere equinam [Lat.].<br />

Adj. disagreeing &c v.; discordant, discrepant; at variance, at war; hostile, antagonistic,<br />

repugnant, incompatible, irreconcilable, inconsistent with; unconformable, exceptional<br />

&c 83; intrusive, incongruous; disproportionate, disproportionated † ; inharmonious,<br />

unharmonious † ; inconsonant, unconsonant † ; divergent, repugnant to.<br />

inapt, unapt, inappropriate, improper; unsuited, unsuitable; inapplicable, not to the<br />

point; unfit, unfitting, unbefitting; unbecoming; illtimed, unseasonable, mal a propos<br />

[Fr.], inadmissible; inapposite &c (irrelevant) 10.<br />

uncongenial; ill-assorted, ill-sorted; mismatched, misjoined † , misplaced, misclassified;<br />

unaccommodating, irreducible, incommensurable, uncommensurable † ; unsympathetic.<br />

out of character, out of keeping, out of proportion, out of joint, out of tune, out of<br />

place, out of season, out of its element; at odds with, at variance with.<br />

Adv. in defiance, in contempt, in spite of; discordantly &c adj.; a tort et a travers † .<br />

Phr. asinus ad lyram [Lat.].<br />

SECTION III.<br />

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