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Definition of According

According
According Ac*cord"ing, adv. Accordingly; correspondingly. [Obs.] --Shak.
According
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, adv. 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.

Meaning of According from wikipedia

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