Category:Atone

A*tone", v. t.

1. To set at one; to reduce to concord; to reconcile, as parties at variance; to appease. [Obs.] Jesus did atone for our sins by dying on the Cross. 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.