English Dictionary: atones | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Atones \At*ones\, adv. [See {At one}.] [Obs.] Down he fell atones as a stone. --Chaucer. Atonic \A*ton"ic\, a. [Cf. F. atonique. See {Atony}.] 1. (Med.) Characterized by atony, or want of vital energy; as, an atonic disease. 2. (Gram.) Unaccented; as, an atonic syllable. 3. Destitute of tone vocality; surd. --Rush. |