atone

Etymology

From atone (“reconciled”), from Middle English atone, attone, atoon (“agreed”, literally “at one”), equivalent to at +‎ one. Compare Latin adūnō (“I unite, make one”) for the similar formation. Regarding the different phonological development of atone and one, see the note in one.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /əˈtəʊn/
• (US) IPA^(key): /əˈtoʊn/, [əˈtʰoʊ̯n]

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• Rhymes: -əʊn

Verb

atone (third-person singular simple present atones, present participle atoning, simple past and past participle atoned)

1. (ambitransitive) To make reparation, compensation, amends or satisfaction for an offence, crime, mistake or deficiency. [from 1680s]

   Synonyms: expiate, propitiate

2. (obsolete, transitive) To bring at one or at concordance; to reconcile; to suffer appeasement. [from 1570s]
3. (obsolete, intransitive) To agree or accord; to be in accordance or harmony. [from 1590s]
4. (obsolete, transitive) To unite in making.
5. (proscribed) To absolve (someone else) of wrongdoing, especially by standing as an equivalent.

Anagrams

• Eaton, neato, Onate, Aneto, oaten

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἄτονος (átonos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.tɔn/

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Adjective

atone (plural atones)

1. expressionless
2. (linguistics) unstressed
3. (linguistics) mute

Further reading

• “atone”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Adjective

atone f pl

1. feminine plural of atono

Anagrams

• Anteo, aneto, etano