 4 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
according
adjective
1: (followed by 'to') as reported or stated by; "according to
historians"
2: (followed by 'to') in agreement with or accordant with;
"according to instructions"
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
According \Ac*cord"ing\, p. a.
Agreeing; in agreement or harmony; harmonious. ''This
according voice of national wisdom.'' --Burke. ''Mind and
soul according well.'' --Tennyson.
According to him, every person was to be bought.
--Macaulay.
Our zeal should be according to knowledge. --Sprat.
Note: According to has been called a prepositional phrase,
but strictly speaking, according is a participle in the
sense of agreeing, acceding, and to alone is the
preposition.
{According as}, precisely as; the same as; corresponding to
the way in which. According as is an adverbial phrase, of
which the propriety has been doubted; but good usage
sanctions it. See {According}, adverb
Is all things well,
According as I gave directions? --Shak.
The land which the Lord will give you according as
he hath promised. --Ex. xii. 25.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Accord \Ac*cord"\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Accorded}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {According}.] [OE. acorden, accorden, OF. acorder, F.
accorder, fr. LL. accordare; L. ad + cor, cordis, heart. Cf.
{Concord}, {Discord}, and see {Heart}.]
1. To make to agree or correspond; to suit one thing to
another; to adjust; -- followed by to. [R.]
Her hands accorded the lute's music to the voice.
--Sidney.
2. To bring to an agreement, as persons; to reconcile; to
settle, adjust, harmonize, or compose, as things; as, to
accord suits or controversies.
When they were accorded from the fray. --Spenser.
All which particulars, being confessedly knotty and
difficult can never be accorded but by a competent
stock of critical learning. --South.
3. To grant as suitable or proper; to concede; to award; as,
to accord to one due praise. ''According his desire.''
--Spenser.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
According \Ac*cord"ing\, adverb
Accordingly; correspondingly. [Obs.] --Shak.
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