Hypertext Webster Gateway: "atonic"

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

Down he fell atones as a stone. --Chaucer.
Atonic \A*ton"ic\, a. [Cf. F. atonique. See {Atony}.]
1. (Med.) Characterized by atony, or want of vital energy;
as, an atonic disease.

2. (Gram.) Unaccented; as, an atonic syllable.

3. Destitute of tone vocality; surd. --Rush.

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

2. An element of speech entirely destitute of vocality, or
produced by the breath alone; a nonvocal or surd
consonant; a breathing. --Rush.

3. (Med.) A remedy capable of allaying organic excitement or
irritation. --Dunglison.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

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