atone

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English

WOTD – 19 February 2009

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/,
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  • Rhymes: -əʊn

Verb

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

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To make reparation, compensation, amends or satisfaction for an offence, crime, mistake or deficiency.
    Synonyms: expiate, propitiate
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To bring at one or at concordance; to reconcile; to suffer appeasement.
  3. (obsolete, intransitive) To agree or accord; to be in accordance or harmony.
  4. (obsolete, transitive) To unite in making.
  5. (proscribed) To absolve (someone else) of wrongdoing, especially by standing as an equivalent.

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French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἄτονος (átonos).

Pronunciation

Adjective

atone (plural atones)

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

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Italian

Adjective

atone f pl

  1. feminine plural of atono

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