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• tone — ac·e·tone; ac·e·ton·yl·ac·e·tone; ace·tyl·ac·e·tone; alan·to·lac·tone; aq·ua·tone; bar·bi·tone; bar·i·tone; car·vo·ta·nac·e·tone; Chlo·re·tone; chro·ma·tone; civ·e·tone; demi·tone; de·oxy·cor·tone; di·tone; Dul·ci·tone; ec·o·tone; ei·gen·tone;… …   English syllables

• aug|ment|ed — «g MEHN tihd», adjective. Music. increased from the corresponding normal tonic interval by a half tone …   Useful english dictionary

• puz|zle|ment — «PUHZ uhl muhnt», noun. 1. a puzzled condition: »He was just talking in a tone of sheer, hopeless…puzzlement bafflement (A. S. M. Hutchinson). 2. something puzzling …   Useful english dictionary

• intonement — in·tone·ment …   English syllables

• in — in·earth; in·ebri·a·tion; in·ebri·ety; in·ebri·ous; in·edible; in·ed·i·ta; in·edited; in·educabilia; in·educability; in·educable; in·education; in·ef·fa·bil·i·ty; in·ef·face·abil·i·ty; in·effaceable; in·effectuality; in·efficacious;… …   English syllables

• atonement — a•tone•ment [[t]əˈtoʊn mənt[/t]] n. 1) satisfaction or reparation for a wrong or injury; amends 2) rel (sometimes cap.) the Christian doctrine that the reconciliation of God and humankind will be accomplished through Christ 3) rel (in Christian… …   From formal English to slang

• atone — a|tone [ ə toun ] verb intransitive FORMAL to show that you are sorry for doing something bad or wrong ╾ a|tone|ment noun uncount …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• Atonement — A*tone ment, n. 1. (Literally, a setting at one.) Reconciliation; restoration of friendly relations; agreement; concord. [Archaic] [1913 Webster] By whom we have now received the atonement. Rom. v. 11. [1913 Webster] He desires to make atonement… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Day of Atonement — Atonement A*tone ment, n. 1. (Literally, a setting at one.) Reconciliation; restoration of friendly relations; agreement; concord. [Archaic] [1913 Webster] By whom we have now received the atonement. Rom. v. 11. [1913 Webster] He desires to make… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Yom Kippur — Atonement A*tone ment, n. 1. (Literally, a setting at one.) Reconciliation; restoration of friendly relations; agreement; concord. [Archaic] [1913 Webster] By whom we have now received the atonement. Rom. v. 11. [1913 Webster] He desires to make… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English