Dictionary entry

Atone (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.