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dawn       [dawn] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.the first appearance of daylight in the morning: Dawn broke over the valley.
2.the beginning or rise of anything; advent: the dawn of civilization.
–verb (used without object)
3.to begin to grow light in the morning: The day dawned with a cloudless sky.
4.to begin to open or develop.
5.to begin to be perceived (usually fol. by on): The idea dawned on him.
[Origin: bef. 1150; ME dawen (v.), OE dagian, deriv. of dæg day; akin to ON daga, MD, MLG dagen, OHG tagén]

—Related forms
dawnlike, adjective

—Synonyms 1. daybreak, sunrise. 5. appear, occur, break.
—Antonyms 1. sunset.
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Dawn       [dawn] Pronunciation Key
–noun
a female given name.
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dawn       (dôn)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. The time each morning at which daylight first begins.
  2. A first appearance; a beginning: the dawn of history. See Synonyms at beginning.

intr.v.   dawned, dawn·ing, dawns
  1. To begin to become light in the morning.
  2. To begin to appear or develop; emerge.
  3. To begin to be perceived or understood: Realization of the danger soon dawned on us.


[From Middle English daunen, to dawn, probably a back-formation from dauning, daybreak, alteration of dauing, from Old English dagung, from dagian, to dawn; see agh- in Indo-European roots.]

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dawn  (v.)
1499, shortened from dawning, dawing (1297), from O.E. dagung, from dagian "to become day," from root of dæg "day" (see day). Probably influenced by a Scandinavian word (cf. Dan. dagning, O.N. dagan). The noun is first recorded 1599.

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dawn

noun
1. the first light of day; "we got up before dawn"; "they talked until morning" [ant: sundown] 
2. the earliest period; "the dawn of civilization"; "the morning of the world" 
3. an opening time period; "it was the dawn of the Roman Empire" 

verb
1. become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions; "It dawned on him that she had betrayed him"; "she was penetrated with sorrow" [syn: click] 
2. appear or develop; "The age of computers had dawned" 
3. become light; "It started to dawn, and we had to get up" 

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dawn

In addition to the idiom beginning with dawn, also see crack of dawn; light dawned.


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Dawn, MO Zip code(s): 64638

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Dawn

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,

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Dawn

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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