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Dawn

Dawn Meaning & Definition
Dawn Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Dawn?

[n] the earliest period; "the dawn of civilization"; "the morning of the world"
[n] the first light of day; "we got up before dawn"; "they talked until morning"
[n] an opening time period; "it was the dawn of the Roman Empire"
[v] become light; "It started to dawn, and we had to get up"
[v] become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions; "It dawned on him that she had betrayed him"; "she was penetrated with sorrow"
[v] appear or develop; "The age of computers had dawned"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Dawn: aurora | break of day | break of the day | click | cockcrow | come home | dawning | daybreak | dayspring | fall into place | first light | get across | get through | morning | morning | penetrate | sink in | sunrise | sunup

Related Terms | Find terms related to Dawn: A | advent | alpha | antemeridian | appear | appearance | arise | arrival | arrive | aurora | auroral | awakening | begin | beginning | birth | blast-off | break | break of day | brighten | brightening | broad day | chanticleer | cockcrow | cocklight | come to mind | commence | commencement | crack of dawn | creation | cutting edge | dawning | day | day glow | daybreak | daylight | day-peep | dayshine | dayspring | daytide | daytime | develop | dusk | edge | emerge | emergence | establishment | first brightening | first light | flying start | foundation | fresh start | full sun | genesis | gleam | green flash | grow bright | grow light | inauguration | inception | institution | jump-off | kick-off | leading edge | light | light of day | lighten | matin | matinal | matutinal | midday sun | morn | morning | new departure | noonlight | noontide light | occur to | oncoming | onset | opening | origin | originate | origination | outbreak | outset | outstart | peep of day | prime | ray of sunshine | rise | running start | send-off | setting in motion | setting-up | shine | square one | start | starting point | start-off | sun spark | sunbeam | sunbreak | sunburst | sunlight | sunrise | sunshine | sunup | take-off | twilight | unfold | vestibule of Day

See Also | begin | change | hour | period | period of time | start | start | time of day | time period | understand

Dawn In Webster's Dictionary

\Dawn\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Dawned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dawning}.] [OE. dawnen, dawen, dagen, daien, AS. dagian to become day, to dawn, fr. d[ae]g day; akin to D. dagen, G. tagen, Icel. daga, Dan. dages, Sw. dagas. See {Day}. [root]71.] 1. To begin to grow light in the morning; to grow light; to break, or begin to appear; as, the day dawns; the morning dawns. In the end of the Sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene . . . to see the sepulcher. --Matt. xxviii. 1. 2. To began to give promise; to begin to appear or to expand. ``In dawning youth.'' --Dryden. When life awakes, and dawns at every line. --Pope. Dawn on our darkness and lend us thine aid. --Heber,
\Dawn\, n. 1. The break of day; the first appearance of light in the morning; show of approaching sunrise. And oft at dawn, deep noon, or falling eve. --Thomson. No sun, no moon, no morn, no noon, No dawn, no dusk, no proper time of day. --Hood. 2. First opening or expansion; first appearance; beginning; rise. ``The dawn of time.'' --Thomson. These tender circumstances diffuse a dawn of serenity over the soul. --Pope.

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