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at one, advb. phr.|æt wʌn|
formerly often written in comb. aton, atoon, atone, attone |əˈtoːn|, as a simple adv.
[found in 13th c. along with the fuller phrases at one assent, at one accord, and soon treated as repr. a simple idea, and written aton, a ton, at-on; in northern writers at ane, a tane, atane. For the sense cf. at prep. 20. With vbs. of rest, as to be at one, and vbs. of motion, as to bring, make, set at one; whence the vb. atone.]
1. In a position of unity of feeling; in harmony, concord, or friendship; opposed to at variance, at odds. Sometimes implying a previous state of dissension, and thus = Agreed, reconciled. arch.
a1300K. Horn 925 At on he was wiþ þe king. c1400Gamelyn 166 And went and kist his brother, and than they were at oon. a1440Sir Degrev. 435 Y rede ye be at ane Or there dey any moo. 1535Coverdale 2 Sam. xxi. 14 After this was God at one with the londe. 1557N. T. (Genev.) 2 Cor. v. 20 We praye you in Christes stede, that ye be atone with God. 1596Spenser F.Q. ii. i. 29 So beene they both atone. 1830Coleridge Ch. & St. 257 Am I at one with God, and is my will concentric with that holy power? 1881Buchanan God & Man I. 171 The maiden, in her sweet..content, was at one with Nature.
2. Into a state of harmony or unity of feeling. to bring at one, make at one, set at one: to harmonize, reconcile. arch. (having been mostly replaced by atone v.)
c1300Beket 1707 That hi were At one ibrouȝt. c1386Chaucer Clerk's T. 381 If gentilmen..Were wroth, sche wolde brynge hem at oon. c1475Stans Puer in Babees Bk. 28 Wrathe of children is sone ouergone, Withe an apple the parties be made atone. c1540Becon Christm. Banq. Wks. 1843. 75 God the Father is..set at one with us for his sake. 1643Horn & Robotham Gate Lang. Unl. xciii. §911 They that are fallen out (at ods) must be reconciled (atoned, set at one). 1611–1881Bible Acts vii. 26 And would haue set them at one again [so Tindale, Coverdale, Cranmer, Geneva; Wyclif, acordid hem in pees; Rhem. reconciled them vnto peace].
3. Of the same opinion (as to a matter), of one mind, unanimous, agreed.
c1320Cast. Loue 492 Þer ne ouȝte no dom forþ gon, Er þen þe foure ben a-ton. At-on heo moten at-stonden alle. 1677Hale Contempl. (1688) 62 Is it possible that we should be at one in these points, in which yourselves do disagree? 1877Page De Quincey II. xviii. 43 On one or two points the writer was not wholly at one with him.
†4. Of the same effect, amounting to the same.
1697W. Dampier Voy. (1729) I. 14 Whether it rained or shined it was much at one with us.
†5. In one company, together. (? Only in Spenser.)
1591Spenser Teares Muses 418 And all her Sisters..With lowd laments her answered all at one. 1596― F.Q. iv. ix. 30 The warlike dame was on her part assaid Of Claribell and Blandamour attone. Ibid. iv. iv. 14 The knights in couples marcht with ladies linckt attone.
6. Comb. † atonemaker, one who sets at one persons at variance, a reconciler; † atonemaking, reconciliation; at-oneness, the state of being at one (with), harmonious relationship.
1533Tindale Wks. (1850) III. 275 There is but one media-tour..And by that word vnderstand an attonemaker, peace maker, and brynger into grace and favour. 1548Coverdale Erasm. Par. Heb. vii. 27 For what manour of atonemakers were they, who themselfes had nede to be made at one with god. 1611Cotgr., Conciliation, a reconcilement..an attone⁓making. 1877Furnivall Leopold Shaks. Introd. 121, I see him at last passing into at-oneness with God and man. 1960C. Day Lewis Buried Day iv. 81 The strange at-one-ness between myself and the boat. 1962Listener 25 Oct. 659/1 A sense of at-oneness with the universe. |