[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

according \accord"ing\, p. a.
   agreeing; in agreement or harmony; harmonious. "this
   according voice of national wisdom." --burke. "mind and soul
   according well." --tennyson.
   1913 webster

         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.
      1913 webster

            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.
      1913 webster
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