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† ˈonement Obs.
[f. one v. + -ment; an early instance of the addition of the Romanic suffix -ment to a native Eng. vb. Cf. the later atonement.]
The fact of being made into one.
1. Physical union, conjunction.
1388Wyclif Ezek. xxxvii. 16 Ioyne thou tho trees oon to the tother in to o tree to thee; and tho schulen be in to onement [1382 oonyng] in thin hond.
2. Union of mind or feeling; agreement, accord, concord; reconciliation (= atonement 1, 2).
a1450Le Morte Arth. 2338 Bot onemente thar hym nevyr wene, Or eyther other herte haue sought. 1533tr. Erasmus' Comm. Crede 162 He shold..reconcile hymselfe and make an onement with god. 1597–8Bp. Hall Sat. iii. vii. 69 That sets such discord twixt agreeing parts, Which never can be set at onement more. |