Both Uses of
atone
in
The Hound of the Baskervilles
- Whatever his crimes, he has suffered something to atone for them.†
Chpt 10 *atone = fix or make up (for a wrong)
- If you have ever aided him in evil, help us now and so atone.†
Chpt 14
Definitions:
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(1)
(atone) to fix or make up for a wrong -- especially a sin (even if nothing can be done to make up for the wrong other than to show regret)
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Archaically, atone could also mean to agree, to appease, or to reconcile.