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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
according
adj
  1. (followed by `to') in agreement with or accordant with; "according to instructions"
  2. (followed by `to') as reported or stated by; "according to historians"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Accord \Ac*cord"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Accorded}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {According}.] [OE. acorden, accorden, OF. acorder, F.
      accorder, fr. LL. accordare; L. ad + cor, cordis, heart. Cf.
      {Concord}, {Discord}, and see {Heart}.]
      1. To make to agree or correspond; to suit one thing to
            another; to adjust; -- followed by to. [R.]
  
                     Her hands accorded the lute's music to the voice.
                                                                              --Sidney.
  
      2. To bring to an agreement, as persons; to reconcile; to
            settle, adjust, harmonize, or compose, as things; as, to
            accord suits or controversies.
  
                     When they were accorded from the fray. --Spenser.
  
                     All which particulars, being confessedly knotty and
                     difficult can never be accorded but by a competent
                     stock of critical learning.               --South.
  
      3. To grant as suitable or proper; to concede; to award; as,
            to accord to one due praise. [bd]According his desire.[b8]
            --Spenser.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   According \Ac*cord"ing\, p. a.
      Agreeing; in agreement or harmony; harmonious. [bd]This
      according voice of national wisdom.[b8] --Burke. [bd]Mind and
      soul according well.[b8] --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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   According \Ac*cord"ing\, adv.
      Accordingly; correspondingly. [Obs.] --Shak.
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