At-ōne', or At-tōne',1, adv.
[From at and one.] At one; together; at once. [Obs.] All his senses seemed bereft atone. Spenser.
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Atone
A-tōne'2, v. i.
v. i. [imp. & p. p. ATONED; p. pr. & vb. n. ATONING.] [From at one, i. e., to be, or cause to be, at one. Cf. Sp. adunar, to unite or join, and It. adunare, to collect, from Lat. ad and unus, one.] 1. To agree; to be in accordance; to accord. [Obs.] He and Aufidius can no more atone Than violentest contrariety. Shak. 2. To stand as an equivalent; to make reparation, compensation, amends, or satisfaction for an offense or a crime. The murderer fell, and blood atoned for blood. Pope. The ministry not atoning for their former conduct by any wise or popular measure. Junius.
A-tōne'3, v. t.
v. t. 1. To reduce to concord; to reconcile, as parties at variance. [Obs.] Which signifies to reconcile a person offended, to atone, or make him at one again with the offender. Bp. Beveridge. 2. To unite in making. [Obs. and rare.] The four elements . . . have atoned A noble league. Ford. 3. To expiate; to answer or make satisfaction for. Or each atone his guilty love with life. Pope.