Atones

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Atones \At*ones\, adv. [See {At one}.] [Obs.]
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           Down he fell atones as a stone.          --Chaucer.
     [1913 Webster] Atonic \A*ton"ic\, a. [Cf. F. atonique. See
     {Atony}.]


     1. (Med.) Characterized by atony, or lack of vital energy;
        as, an atonic disease.
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     2. (Gram.) Unaccented; as, an atonic syllable.
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     3. Destitute of tone vocality; surd. --Rush.
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