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▪ I. according, vbl. n.|əˈkɔːdɪŋ|
[f. accord v. + -ing1.]
The action of reconciling, harmonizing, or granting. (Now mostly gerundial.)
1530Palsgr. 193 Accordyng, Acordance. 1709Strype Ann. Ref. ii. 54 Laws for the according and uniting of the people into an uniform order of religion. Mod. I cannot think of according you such unusual privileges.
▪ II. according, ppl. a. and adv.|əˈkɔːdɪŋ|
Also 4 accordend, 5–6 cording.
[f. accord v. + -ing2.]
A. adj.
†1. Agreeing, corresponding to; matching. Obs.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. (1495) xvii. ii. 595 Some trees haue humour proporcyonall and acordynge eyther to other, so that the humour of that one be acordynge to nourysshe and to fede that other. c1460Household Stat. in Babees Book (1868) 329 Not oolde robis and not cordyng to the lyuerey. 1480Robert the Devyll 2 I se well yt ys youre wyll that I shoulde be maryed, But yet woulde I have one to myne estate Accordynge. a1520Myrroure of Our Ladye 7 For there ys many wordes in Latyn that we haue no propre englyssh accordynge therto. 1532Thynne Dedic. Chaucer in Animadv. (1865) 24 Frutefulnesse in wordes wel accordynge to the matter and purpose.
2. absol. Agreeing in nature or action; consentient, harmonious.
c1450Merlin 52 He is but a fole, that hath tolde these two dethes, whiche may not be acordinge. 1626W. Sandys Ovid's Metamorph. ii. 216 An other hurles a stone; this, as it flew, His voice and harps according tunes subdue. 1780Burke Sp. at Bristol Wks. 1842, III. 395 This according voice of national wisdom ought to be listened to with reverence. 1864Tennyson Aylmer's F. 453 Harder the times were and the hands of power Were bloodier, and the according hearts of men Seemed harder too.
†3. Agreeing with what is right or due; becoming, proper, appropriate, fitting. Obs.
1449Pecock Repr. iii. viii. 324 It is not semeli..conuenient and according. 1483Caxton Gold. Leg. 399/3 A clerke..sayd it was not honest ne accordyng, to mysentrete the holy body by vyolente hondes. 1526Tindale Rom. i. 27 And receaved in them selves the rewarde of their errour as it was accordynge [1611 meete]. 1577–87Holinshed Chron. III. 1190/1 The whole armie should be readie armed with their weapon and furniture according by midnight. 1674Playford Skill of Mus. ii. 101 A bass-viol for divisions must be of a less size, and the strings according.
B. adv.
†1. absol. In a manner logically agreeing with the premises; = accordingly 4. Obs.
1495Plumpton Corr. 110 Send me word by wrytting how he wilbe demeaned, & therafter I shall entreat him according. 1523Fitzherbert Bk. Surueying 2 Wherfore the acres are to be praysed [= appraised] accordynge. 1603Shakes. Meas. for M. v. i. 487 Sirha, thou art said to haue a stubborne soule That apprehends no further then this world, And squar'st thy life according—Thou'rt condemn'd.
†2. According after, according at: In accordance or agreement with. Obs.
1523Ld. Berners Froissart I. cccxxix 515 The kynge of Nauer [was] to pay them their wages..acordyng after the same rate that the kynge of Englande was wonte to paye his men of warre. Ibid. ccccvi. 705 Acordyng at the kynges desyre [he] dyde beare him ouer all the great wodes and trees.
3. According as: Consistently as, exactly or just as, in a manner corresponding to the way in which{ddd}(Now confined to an accordance with one of two or more alternatives.)
1509Hawes Pastime of Pleas. (1845) 48 Wyth humble voyce and also moderate Accordynge as by hym is audyence. 1591Shakes. 1 Hen. VI, ii. iii. 12 Madame, according as your Ladyship desir'd, By message crau'd, so is Lord Talbot come. 1678Butler Hudibras iii. i. 912 Like Musick, that proves bad or good According as 'tis understood. 1785Reid Ess. i. iv. 82 (1803) Analogical reasoning..may afford a greater or less degree of probability, according as the things compared are more or less similar in their nature. 1855Bain Senses & Intell. ii. ii. §1 (1864) 233 According as bodies become transparent they cease to be visible.
4. According to.
a. In a manner agreeing with, consistent with, or answering to; agreeably to.
a1450Chester Plays I. 3 (1843) Of the drapers you the wealthy companye The creation of the worlde, Adam and Eve, Accordinge to your wealth, set out wealthilye. 1535Coverdale Ps. ciii. 10 He hath not dealt with vs after oure synnes, ner rewarded vs acordinge to oure wickednesses. 1579Lyly Euphues 430 (1868) Cut thy coat according to thy cloth. 1593T. Watson Poems (1870) 208 To paint thy glories cording their desart. 1602Shakes. Ham. ii. i. 47 Good sir, or fo, or friend, or Gentleman, According to the Phrase. 1780Burke Sp. Econ. Ref. Wks. III. 295 According to the present course of the office, and according to the present mode of accounting there, this bank must necessarily exist somewhere. 1876Freeman Norm. Conq. II. vii. 153 This, according to our ideas, seems the worst action of his life.
†b. Suitably to, with respect or reference to. Obs.
1549Latimer 7 Serm. bef. Edw. VI (1869) 133 Calling to remembraunce..that I must preach, and preach afore ye kyngs maiesti I thought it mete to frame my preching according to a king. 1611Bible Rom. i. 3 His Sonne Iesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of Dauid according to the flesh. 1647J. Saltmarsh Sparkles of Glory 21 (1847) I must decrease, but he must increase, which surely was spoken not according to the persons of John and Christ, but according to their ministration.
c. [Cf. F. c'est selon.] absol. (elliptically) in colloq. use, as in that's according (i.e. to circumstances), ‘that depends’.
1863H. E. Prescott Amber Gods 57 ‘Don't be angry’, she pleaded... ‘I only want to know if you will make him happy.’ ‘That's according,’ said I. 1937Partridge Dict. Slang s.v. 1971Caribbean Q. June 15, I do take a drink, but it is according. |