SECONDO. CONFORMEMENTE. CONCILIANDO. ACCORDANDOSI
according\ac*cord"ing\ (&?;), adv. accordingly; correspondingly. [obs.]
according \ac*cord"ing\, p. a. agreeing; in agreement or harmony; harmonious. "this according voice of national wisdom." "mind and soul according well." according to him, every person was to be bought. our zeal should be according to knowledge.
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, adv. is all things well, according as i gave directions? the land which the lord will give you according as he hath promised. xii. 25.
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