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a⋅tone

  [uh-tohn] verb, a⋅toned, a⋅ton⋅ing.
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–verb (used without object)
1. to make amends or reparation, as for an offense or a crime, or for an offender (usually fol. by for): to atone for one's sins.
2. to make up, as for errors or deficiencies (usually fol. by for): to atone for one's failings.
3. Obsolete. to become reconciled; agree.
–verb (used with object)
4. to make amends for; expiate: He atoned his sins.
5. Obsolete. to bring into unity, harmony, concord, etc.
Origin:
1545–55; back formation from atonement

Related forms:
a⋅ton⋅a⋅ble, a⋅tone⋅a⋅ble, adjective
a⋅ton⋅⋅er, noun
a⋅ton⋅ing⋅ly, adverb
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a·tone   (ə-tōn')   
v.   a·toned, a·ton·ing, a·tones

v.   intr.
  1. To make amends, as for a sin or fault: These crimes must be atoned for.
  2. Archaic To agree.
v.   tr.
  1. To expiate.
  2. Archaic To conciliate; appease: "So heaven, atoned, shall dying Greece restore" (Alexander Pope).
  3. Obsolete To reconcile or harmonize.

[Middle English atonen, to be reconciled, from at one, in agreement : at, at; see at1 + one, one; see one.]
a·ton'a·ble, a·tone'a·ble adj., a·ton'er n.
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Atone

A*tone"\ ([.a]*t[=o]n"), 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.

Atone

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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : atone
Spanish: monótono,
German: tonlos,
Japanese: 単調な
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atone  (v.)
1555, from adv. phrase atonen (c.1300) "in accord," lit. "at one," a contraction of at and one. It retains the older pronunciation of one. The phrase perhaps is modeled on L. adunare "unite," from ad- "to, at" + unum "one." Atonement is 1513; theological sense dates from 1526.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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