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The Divine Comedy -- translated by Longfellow

There standeth Minos horribly, and snarls; Examines the transgressions at the entrance; Judges, and sends according as he girds him.†
Canto 1.1-11 (definition 1)

And he to me: "I will not have thee fear; Let them gnash on, according to their fancy, Because they do it for those boiling wretches."†
Canto 1.12-22 (definition 1)

Whereat the Leader turned him, and said: "Wait, And then according to his pace proceed."†
Canto 1.23-34 (definition 1)

I do not think a sadder sight to see Was in Aegina the whole people sick, (When was the air so full of pestilence, The animals, down to the little worm, All fell, and afterwards the ancient people, According as the poets have affirmed, Were from the seed of ants restored again,) Than was it to behold through that dark valley The spirits languishing in divers heaps.†
Canto 1.23-34 (definition 1)

We came to where those souls with one accord Cried out unto us: "Here is what you ask."
Canto 2.1-11 (definition 2) *

one accord = one mind

True is it, they were more or less bent down, According as they more or less were laden; And he who had most patience in his looks Weeping did seem to say, "I can no more!"†
Canto 2.1-11 (definition 1)

Accord we now our feet to such inviting, Let us make haste to mount ere it grow dark; For then we could not till the day return.†
Canto 2.12-22 (definition 1)

This is the principle, from which is taken Occasion of desert in you, according As good and guilty loves it takes and winnows.†
Canto 2.12-22 (definition 1)

Sometimes we speak, one loud, another low, According to desire of speech, that spurs us To greater now and now to lesser pace.†
Canto 2.12-22 (definition 1)

According as impress us our desires And other affections, so the shade is shaped, And this is cause of what thou wonderest at.†
Canto 2.23-33 (definition 1)

…that all is disengaged In living ether, doth this motion strike And make the forest sound, for it is dense; And so much power the stricken plant possesses That with its virtue it impregns the air, And this, revolving, scatters it around; And yonder earth, according as 'tis worthy In self or in its clime, conceives and bears Of divers qualities the divers trees; It should not seem a marvel then on earth, This being heard, whenever any plant Without seed manifest there taketh root.†
Canto 2.23-33 (definition 1)

Not only by the work of those great wheels, That destine every seed unto some end, According as the stars are in conjunction, But by the largess of celestial graces, Which have such lofty vapours for their rain That near to them our sight approaches not, Such had this man become in his new life Potentially, that every righteous habit Would have made admirable proof in him; But so much more malignant and more savage Becomes the land untilled and with bad seed, The more good earthly…†
Canto 2.23-33 (definition 1)

True is it, that as oftentimes the form Accords not with the intention of the art, Because in answering is matter deaf, So likewise from this course doth deviate Sometimes the creature, who the power possesses, Though thus impelled, to swerve some other way, (In the same wise as one may see the fire Fall from a cloud,) if the first impetus Earthward is wrested by some false delight.†
Canto 3.1-11 (definition 3) *

From this proceeds whate'er from light to light Appeareth different, not from dense and rare: This is the formal principle that produces, According to its goodness, dark and bright."†
Canto 3.1-11 (definition 1)

Again for doubting furnish thee occasion Souls seeming to return unto the stars, According to the sentiment of Plato.†
Canto 3.1-11 (definition 1)

Short while did Beatrice endure me thus; And she began, lighting me with a smile Such as would make one happy in the fire: "According to infallible advisement, After what manner a just vengeance justly Could be avenged has put thee upon thinking, But I will speedily thy mind unloose; And do thou listen, for these words of mine Of a great doctrine will a present make thee.†
Canto 3.1-11 (definition 1)

After the dance, and other grand rejoicings, Both of the singing, and the flaming forth Effulgence with effulgence blithe and tender, Together, at once, with one accord had stopped, (Even as the eyes, that, as volition moves them, Must needs together shut and lift themselves,) Out of the heart of one of the new lights There came a voice, that needle to the star Made me appear in turning thitherward.†
Canto 3.12-22 (definition 2)

How unto just entreaties shall be deaf Those substances, which, to give me desire Of praying them, with one accord grew silent?†
Canto 3.12-22 (definition 2)

…After the truth against the present life Of miserable mortals was unfolded By her who doth imparadise my mind, As in a looking-glass a taper's flame He sees who from behind is lighted by it, Before he has it in his sight or thought, And turns him round to see if so the glass Tell him the truth, and sees that it accords Therewith as doth a music with its metre, In similar wise my memory recollecteth That I did, looking into those fair eyes, Of which Love made the springes to ensnare me.†
Canto 3.23-33 (definition 3)

Even so the eighth and ninth; and every one More slowly moved, according as it was In number distant farther from the first.†
Canto 3.23-33 (definition 1)

The circles corporal are wide and narrow According to the more or less of virtue Which is distributed through all their parts.†
Canto 3.23-33 (definition 1)

I would not have thee doubt, but certain be, 'tis meritorious to receive this grace, According as the affection opens to it.†
Canto 3.23-33 (definition 1)

One sayeth that the moon did backward turn, In the Passion of Christ, and interpose herself So that the sunlight reached not down below; And lies; for of its own accord the light Hid itself; whence to Spaniards and to Indians, As to the Jews, did such eclipse respond.†
Canto 3.23-33 (definition 2)

Nor did the interposing 'twixt the flower And what was o'er it of such plenitude Of flying shapes impede the sight and splendour; Because the light divine so penetrates The universe, according to its merit, That naught can be an obstacle against it.†
Canto 3.23-33 (definition 1)

And downward from the seventh row, even as Above the same, succeed the Hebrew women, Dividing all the tresses of the flower; Because, according to the view which Faith In Christ had taken, these are the partition By which the sacred stairways are divided.†
Canto 3.23-33 (definition 1)

According to the colour of the hair, Therefore, with such a grace the light supreme Consenteth that they worthily be crowned.†
Canto 3.23-33 (definition 1)

But since the moments of thy vision fly, Here will we make full stop, as a good tailor Who makes the gown according to his cloth, And unto the first Love will turn our eyes, That looking upon Him thou penetrate As far as possible through his effulgence.†
Canto 3.23-33 (definition 1)

Not only thy benignity gives succour To him who asketh it, but oftentimes Forerunneth of its own accord the asking.†
Canto 3.23-33 (definition 2)

Bernard was beckoning unto me, and smiling, That I should upward look; but I already Was of my own accord such as he wished; Because my sight, becoming purified, Was entering more and more into the ray Of the High Light which of itself is true.†
Canto 3.23-33 (definition 2)

Paradise is organized on the basis of three types of Divine Love, and further subdivided according to the three theological and four cardinal virtues.
Canto P.S. (definition 1) *

according to = based upon

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(1) (accord as in: according to, or in accord with)
in keeping with; or in agreement/harmony/unity with
This 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

(2) (accord as in: done of her own accord)
mind

editor's notes: This sense of accord is typically seen in the form own accord or one accord.

(3) (accord as in: reached an accord)
an agreement

editor'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).

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The Divine Comedy -- translated by Longfellow