ATONE

v.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

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.
v.

To unite in making. [Obs. & R.] The four elements . . . have atoned A noble league. Ford.

3.
v.

To make satisfaction for; to expiate. Or each atone his guilty love with life. Pope.

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