Hypertext Webster Gateway: "atone"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

atone
v 1: make amends for; "expiate one's sins" [syn: {expiate}, {aby},
{abye}]
2: turn away from sin or do penitence [syn: {repent}]

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