All 35 Uses of
accord
in
The Divine Comedy -- translated by Cary
- There, Minos stands Grinning with ghastly feature: he, of all Who enter, strict examining the crimes, Gives sentence, and dismisses them beneath, According as he foldeth him around: For when before him comes th' ill fated soul, It all confesses; and that judge severe Of sins, considering what place in hell Suits the transgression, with his tail so oft Himself encircles, as degrees beneath He dooms it to descend.†
Canto 1.1-11 (definition 1)
- He straight replied: "In their first life these all In mind were so distorted, that they made, According to due measure, of their wealth, No use.†
Canto 1.1-11 (definition 1)
- But let them assist My song, the tuneful maidens, by whose aid Amphion wall'd in Thebes, so with the truth My speech shall best accord.†
Canto 1.23 (definition 1)
- According to Tiraboschi (storia della Lett.†
Canto 1.N. (definition 1)
- According to D'Herbelot, he died in 1198: but Tiraboschi places that event about 1206.†
Canto 1.N. (definition 1) *
- ] Erictho, a Thessalian sorceress, according to Lucan, Pharsal. l. vi. was employed by Sextus, son of Pompey the Great, to conjure up a spirit, who should inform him of the issue of the civil wars between his father and Caesar. v. 25.†
Canto 1.N. (definition 1)
- "He was," according to G. Villani, l. viii. c. 41.†
Canto 1.N. (definition 1)
- ] Our Saviour, who, according to Dante, when he ascended from hell, carried with him the souls of the patriarchs, and other just men, out of the first circle.†
Canto 1.N. (definition 1)
- He died in 1293 according to Gibbon.†
Canto 1.N. (definition 1)
- According to Landino, our poet implies that the usurer can pretend to no other honour, than such as he derives from his purse and his family. v. 57.†
Canto 1.N. (definition 1)
- The awful event alluded to, the Evangelists inform us, happened "at the ninth hour," that is, our sixth, when "the rocks were rent," and the convulsion, according to Dante, was felt even in the depths in Hell.†
Canto 1.N. (definition 1)
- Guido's advice was, that kind words and fair promises nonld put his enemies into his power; and they accordingly soon aftermards fell into the snare laid for them, A.D. 1298.†
Canto 1.N. (definition 1)
- ] Guido dal Cassero and Angiolello da Cagnano, two of the worthiest and most distinguished citizens of Fano, were invited by Malatestino da Rimini to an entertainment on pretence that he had some important business to transact with them: and, according to instructions given by him, they mere drowned in their passage near Catolica, between Rimini and Fano. v. 85.†
Canto 1.N. (definition 1)
- ] Curio, whose speech (according to Lucan) determined Julius Caesar to proceed when he had arrived at Rimini (the ancient Ariminum), and doubted whether he should prosecute the civil war.†
Canto 1.N. (definition 1)
- ] The combat between Hercules Antaeus is adduced by the Poet in his treatise "De Monarchia," l. ii. as a proof of the judgment of God displayed in the duel, according to the singular superstition of those times. v. 128.†
Canto 1.N. (definition 1)
- ] The poet uses the Hebrew manner of computing the day, according to which the third hour answers to our twelve o'clock at noon. v. 120.†
Canto 1.N. (definition 1)
- This found I true by proof, hearing that spirit And wond'ring; for full fifty steps aloft The sun had measur'd unobserv'd of me, When we arriv'd where all with one accord The spirits shouted, "Here is what ye ask."†
Canto 2.1-11 (definition 2) *
- But read Ezekiel; for he paints them, from the north How he beheld them come by Chebar's flood, In whirlwind, cloud and fire; and even such As thou shalt find them character'd by him, Here were they; save as to the pennons; there, From him departing, John accords with me.†
Canto 2.23-33 (definition 3) *
- ] Either (as the old commentators suppose) Alonzo III King of Arragon, the eldest son of Peter III who died in 1291, at the age of 27, or, according to Venturi, Peter the youngest son.†
Canto 2.N (definition 1)
- ] According to the allegorical commentators, as Venturi has observed, Reason is represented under the person of Virgil, and Sense under that of Dante.†
Canto 2.N (definition 1)
- According to Crescimbeni, (Della Volg.†
Canto 2.N (definition 1)
- According to Nostradamus he died in 1278.†
Canto 2.N (definition 1)
- According to Dante, (De Vulg.†
Canto 2.N (definition 1)
- Yet is it true, That as ofttimes but ill accords the form To the design of art, through sluggishness Of unreplying matter, so this course Is sometimes quitted by the creature, who Hath power, directed thus, to bend elsewhere; As from a cloud the fire is seen to fall, From its original impulse warp'd, to earth, By vicious fondness.†
Canto 3.1-11 (definition 3)
- Their wax, and that which molds it, differ much: And thence with lustre, more or less, it shows Th' ideal stamp impress: so that one tree According to his kind, hath better fruit, And worse: and, at your birth, ye, mortal men, Are in your talents various.†
Canto 3.12-22 (definition 1)
- CANTO XV True love, that ever shows itself as clear In kindness, as loose appetite in wrong, Silenced that lyre harmonious, and still'd The sacred chords, that are by heav'n's right hand Unwound and tighten'd, flow to righteous prayers Should they not hearken, who, to give me will For praying, in accordance thus were mute?†
Canto 3.12-22 (definition 1)
- The fountain at whose source these drink their beams, With light supplies them in as many modes, As there are splendours, that it shines on: each According to the virtue it conceives, Differing in love and sweet affection.†
Canto 3.23-33 (definition 1)
- But (for the vision hasteneth so an end) Here break we off, as the good workman doth, That shapes the cloak according to the cloth: And to the primal love our ken shall rise; That thou mayst penetrate the brightness, far As sight can bear thee.†
Canto 3.23-33 (definition 1)
- ] According to our Poet's system, there are ten heavens; the seven planets, the eighth spheres containing the fixed stars, the primum mobile, and the empyrean. v. 143.†
Canto 3.N (definition 1)
- ] As some explain it, the east, according to others the equinoctial line. v. 124.†
Canto 3.N (definition 1)
- According to them, after he had long been a faithful steward to Raymond, when an account was required from him of the revenues whichhe had carefully husbanded, and his master as lavishly disbursed, "He demanded the little mule, the staff, and the scrip, with which he had first entered into the count's service, a stranger pilgrim from the shrine of St. James in Galicia, and parted as he came; nor was it ever known whence he was or wither he went."†
Canto 3.N (definition 1)
- ] He alludes either to the death of Pope Boniface VIII. or, as Venturi supposes, to the coming of the Emperor Henry VII. into Italy, or else, according to the yet more probable conjecture of Lombardi, to the transfer of the holy see from Rome to Avignon, which took place in the pontificate of Clement V. CANTO X v. 7.†
Canto 3.N (definition 1)
- ] The Poet, who had addressed the spirit, not knowing him to be his ancestor, with a plain "Thou," now uses more ceremony, and calls him "You," according to a custom introduced among the Romans in the latter times of the empire. v. 15.†
Canto 3.N (definition 1)
- The former, William l. of Orange, supposed to have been the founder of the present illustrious family of that name, died about 808, according to Joseph de la Piser, Tableau de l'Hist. des Princes et Principante d'Orange.†
Canto 3.N (definition 1)
- Some editions have FU instead of FUI, according to which reading, Pietro distinguishes himself from another Pietro, who was termed "Peccator," the sinner. v. 117.†
Canto 3.N (definition 1)
Definitions:
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(1) (accord as in: according to, or in accord with) in keeping with; or in agreement/harmony/unity withThis meaning of accord is often seen in the form according to or accordingly where it can take on more specific meanings. For example:
- "According to Kim, ..." -- as stated by
- "To each according to her ability." -- based upon
- "Points are scored according to how well they perform." -- depending upon
- "The dose is calculated according to body weight." -- in proportion to
- "We got a flat tire. Accordingly, I pulled to the side of the road." -- because of what was just said; or as a result
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(2) (accord as in: done of her own accord) mindeditor's notes: This sense of accord is typically seen in the form own accord or one accord.
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(3) (accord as in: reached an accord) an agreementeditor's notes: In this sense, accord can refer to a formal agreement (such as one written between two countries) or an informal agreement (such as an unvoiced consensus about what should be done).