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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Age as accords (To).
 
To do what is fit and right (Scotch law term). Here “Age” is from the Latin agre, to do.   1
        “To set about the matter in a regular manner, or, as he termed it … to ‘age as accords.’”—
       
Sir W. Scott: Redgauntlet, chap. 2.
 


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