Chaucer.
2. Reconcilable; in accordance.
AcÏcord¶ance (#), n. [OF. acordance.] Agreement; harmony; conformity. ½In strict accordance with the law.¸
Macaulay.
Syn. Ð Harmony; unison; coincidence.
AcÏcord¶anÏcy (#), n. Accordance. [R.]
Paley.
AcÏcord¶ant (#), a. [OF. acordant, F. accordant.] Agreeing; consonant; harmonious; corresponding; conformable; Ð followed by with or to.
Strictly accordant with true morality.
Darwin.
And now his voice accordant to the string.
Coldsmith.
AcÏcord¶antÏly, adv. In accordance or agreement; agreeably; conformably; Ð followed by with or to.
AcÏcord¶er (#), n. One who accords, assents, or concedes. [R.]
AcÏcord¶ing, p. a. Agreeing; in agreement or harmony; harmonious. ½This according voice of national wisdom.¸ Burke. ½Mind and soul according well.¸
Tennyson.
According to, agreeably to; in accordance or conformity with; consistent with.
According to him, every person was to be bought.
Macaulay.
Our zeal should be according to knowledge.
Sprat.
µ 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.
p. 13
AcÏcord¶ing (#), adv. Accordingly; correspondingly. [Obs.]
Shak.
AcÏcord¶ingÏly, adv. 1. Agreeably; correspondingly; suitably; in a manner conformable.
Behold, and so proceed accordingly.
Shak.
2. In natural sequence; consequently; so.
Syn. Ð Consequently; therefore; wherefore; hence; so. Ð Accordingly, Consequently, indicate a connection between two things, the latter of which is done on account of the former. Accordingly marks the connection as one of simple accordance or congruity, leading naturally to the result which followed; as, he was absent when I called, and I accordingly left my card; our preparations were all finished, and we accordingly set sail. Consequently all finished, and we accordingly set sail. Consequently marks a closer connection, that of logical or causal sequence; as, the papers were not ready, and consequently could not be signed.
AcÏcor¶diÏon (#), n. [See Accord.] (Mus.) A small, portable, keyed wind instrument, whose tones are generated by play of the wind upon free metallic reeds.
AcÏcor¶diÏonÏist, n. A player on the accordion.
AcÏcord¶ment (#), n. [OF. acordement. See Accord, v.] Agreement; reconcilement. [Obs.]
Gower.
AcÏcor¶poÏrate (#), v. t. [L. accorporare; ad + corpus, corporis, body.] To unite; to attach; to incorporate. [Obs.]
Milton.
AcÏcost¶ (#; 115), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Accosted; p. pr. & vb. n. Accosting.] [F. accoster, LL. accostare to bring side by side; L. ad + costa rib, side. See Coast, and cf. Accoast.] 1. To join side to side; to border; hence, to sail along the coast or side of. [Obs.] ½So much [of Lapland] as accosts the sea.¸
Fuller.
2. To approach; to make up to. [Archaic]
Shak.
3. To speak to first; to address; to greet. ½Him, Satan thus accosts.¸
Milton.
AcÏcost¶, v. i. To adjoin; to lie alongside. [Obs.] ½The shores which to the sea accost.¸
Spenser.
AcÏcost¶, n. Address; greeting. [R.]
J. Morley.
AcÏcost¶aÏble (#), a. [Cf. F. accostable.] Approachable; affable. [R.]
Hawthorne.
AcÏcost¶ed, a. (Her.) Supported on both sides by other charges; also, side by side.
Ø AcÏcouche¶ment (#; 277), n. [F., fr. accoucher to be delivered of a child, to aid in delivery, OF. acouchier orig. to lay down, put to bed, go to bed; L. ad + collocare to lay, put, place. See Collate.] Delivery in childbed
Ø AcÏcouÏcheur¶ (#), n. [F., fr. accoucher. See Accouchement.] A man who assists women in childbirth; a man midwife; an obstetrician.
Ø AcÏcouÏcheuse¶ (#), n. [F.., fem. of accoucher.] A midwife. [Recent]
Dunglison.
AcÏcount¶ (#), n. [OE. acount, account, accompt, OF. acont, fr. aconter. See Account, v. t., Count, n., 1.] 1. A reckoning; computation; calculation; enumeration; a record of some reckoning; as, the Julian account of time.
A beggarly account of empty boxes.
Shak.
2. A registry of pecuniary transactions; a written or printed statement of business dealings or debts and credits, and also of other things subjected to a reckoning or review; as, to keep one's account at the bank.
3. A statement in general of reasons, causes, grounds, etc., explanatory of some event; as, no satisfactory account has been given of these phenomena. Hence, the word is often used simply for reason, ground, consideration, motive, etc.; as, on no account, on every account, on all accounts.
4. A statement of facts or occurrences; recital of transactions; a relation or narrative; a report; a description; as, an account of a battle. ½A laudable account of the city of London.¸
Howell.
5. A statement and explanation or vindication of one's conduct with reference to judgment thereon.
Give an account of thy stewardship.
Luke xvi. 2.
6. An estimate or estimation; valuation; judgment. ½To stand high in your account.¸
Shak.
7. Importance; worth; value; advantage; profit. ½Men of account.¸ Pope. ½To turn to account.¸ Shak.
Account current, a running or continued account between two or more parties, or a statement of the particulars of such an account. Ð In account with, in a relation requiring an account to be kept. Ð On account of, for the sake of; by reason of; because of. Ð On one's own account, for one's own interest or behalf. Ð To make account, to have an opinion or expectation; to reckon. [Obs.]
s other part … makes account to find no slender arguments for this assertion out of those very scriptures which are commonly urged against it.
Milton.
Ð To make account of, to hold in estimation; to esteem; as, he makes small account of beauty. Ð To take account of, or to take into account, to take into consideration; to notice. ½Of their doings, God takes no account.¸ Milton. Ð A writ of account (Law), a writ which the plaintiff brings demanding that the defendant shall render his just account, or show good cause to the contrary; Ð called also an action of account.
Cowell.
Syn. Ð Narrative; narration; relation; recital;