Atone /(ȧ*tōn")/

A·tone

Atone

v. i.

imp. & p. p. Atoned; p. pr. & vb. n. Atoning

  1. To agree; to be in accordance; to accord. [Obs.]
    He and Aufidius can no more atone Than violentest contrariety.
  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.
    The ministry not atoning for their former conduct by any wise or popular measure.
    — Junius.

Atone

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.
  2. To unite in making. [Obs. & R.]
    The four elements . . . have atoned A noble league.
  3. To make satisfaction for; to expiate.
    Or each atone his guilty love with life.