accorded
v.v. to give someone or something special treatment, respect, or a certain status. It can also mean that two ideas or facts agree with each other.
v. to grant or bestow a particular status, treatment, or power upon someone. Also used intransitively with 'with' to indicate consistency or harmony between two statements or ideas.
The visiting leaders were accorded a very warm welcome.
In many cultures, the eldest members of the family are accorded the highest level of respect during formal ceremonies.
The witness's testimony accorded perfectly with the forensic evidence found at the scene, leaving little doubt in the minds of the jury regarding the defendant's whereabouts.
When meaning 'to give', it is transitive and often takes an indirect object. When meaning 'to agree', it is intransitive and requires the preposition 'with'.
His story accorded to the facts.His story accorded with the facts.When expressing agreement or consistency, the verb must be followed by 'with', not 'to'.