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<p><b>2.</b> <def>To agree in pitch and tone.</def>

<h1>Accordable</h1> <Xpage=12>

<hw>Ac*cord"a*ble</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>acordable</ets>, F. <ets>accordable</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Agreeing.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Reconcilable; in accordance.</def>

<h1>Accordance</h1> <Xpage=12>

<hw>Ac*cord"ance</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>acordance</ets>.]</ety> <def>Agreement; harmony; conformity.</def> "In strict <i>accordance</i> with the law."

<i>Macaulay.</i>

<syn>Syn. -- Harmony; unison; coincidence.</syn>

<h1>Accordancy</h1> <Xpage=12>

<hw>Ac*cord"an*cy</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Accordance.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Paley.</i>

<h1>Accordant</h1> <Xpage=12>

<hw>Ac*cord"ant</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>acordant</ets>, F. <ets>accordant</ets>.]</ety> <def>Agreeing; consonant; harmonious; corresponding; conformable; -- followed by <i>with</i> or <i>to</i>.</def>

<blockquote>Strictly <b>accordant</b> with true morality. <i>Darwin.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>And now his voice <b>accordant</b> to the string. <i>Coldsmith.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Accordantly</h1> <Xpage=12>

<hw>Ac*cord"ant*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In accordance or agreement; agreeably; conformably; -- followed by <i>with</i> or <i>to</i>.</def>

<h1>Accorder</h1> <Xpage=12>

<hw>Ac*cord"er</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who accords, assents, or concedes.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>According</h1> <Xpage=12>

<hw>Ac*cord"ing</hw>, <tt>p. a.</tt> <def>Agreeing; in agreement or harmony; harmonious.</def> "This <i>according</i> voice of national wisdom." <i>Burke</i>. "Mind and soul <i>according</i> well."

<i>Tennyson.</i>

<blockquote><b>According to</b> him, every person was to be bought. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Our zeal should be <b>according to</b> knowledge. <i>Sprat.</i></blockquote>

<note>&hand; <i>According to</i> has been called a prepositional phrase, but strictly speaking, <i>according</i> is a participle in the sense of <i>agreeing</i>, <i>acceding</i>, and <i>to</i> alone is the preposition.</note>

<cs><col>According as</col>, <cd>precisely as; the same as; corresponding to the way in which. <i>According as<i> is an adverbial phrase, of which the propriety has been doubted; but good usage sanctions it. See <er>According</er>, <i>adv<i>.</cd></cs>

<blockquote>Is all things well, <b>According as</b> I gave directions? <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>