A*tone" , v. t. 1. To
set at one;
to reduce to concord; to reconcile, as parties at variance; to appease. [Obs.]
I would do much
To atone them, for the love
I bear to
Cassio.
Shak.
2. To unite in making. [Obs. & R.]
The four elements
. . . have atoned
A noble league.
Ford.
3. To make satisfaction for; to expiate.
Or each atone his guilty love with life.
Pope.
A*tone" (&adot;*tōn"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Atoned (&?;);
p. pr. & vb. n.
Atoning.]
[From at
one, , i. e., to be, or cause to be, at one. See At 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, or amends, 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.
At one" (&?;). [OE. at on, atone, atoon,
attone.]
1. In concord or
friendship; in agreement (with each other); as, to be, bring, make, or set, at one, i. e., to be or bring in or to a state of agreement or reconciliation.
If gentil men, or othere of
hir contree
Were wrothe, she wolde bringen hem atoon.
Chaucer.
2. Of the
same opinion; agreed; as, on these
points we are at one.
3. Together. [Obs.]
Spenser.
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