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.
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         According to him, every person was to be bought.
                                                  --Macaulay.
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         Our zeal should be according to knowledge. --Sprat.
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   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.
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   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, adv.
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            Is all things well,
            According as I gave directions?       --Shak.
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            The land which the Lord will give you according as
            he hath promised.                     --Ex. xii. 25.
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