\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.

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