A‐tone″, v. t. 1. To set at one; to reduce to concord; to reconcile, as parties at variance; to appease.
I would do much
To atone them, for the love I bear to Cassio.
Shak.
2. To unite in making.
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.