The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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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