different between atone vs atoned

English

Etymology

From atone (“reconciled”), from Middle English atone, attone, atoon (“agreed”, literally “at one”), equivalent to at +? one. Compare Latin ad?n? (“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): /??t??n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??to?n/
• Rhymes: -??n

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. [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.

Derived terms

Translations

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “atone”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
• atone in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• “atone”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

Anagrams

• Eaton, neato, oaten

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.t?n/

Adjective

atone (plural atones)

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

Further reading

• “atone” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Adjective

atone

1. feminine plural of atono

Anagrams

• aneto, etano

English

Verb

atoned

1. simple past tense and past participle of atone

Anagrams

• Deaton, antode, donate