About The Word Dawn

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Dawn

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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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