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dawn
[dawn]
–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 tagēn
bef. 1150; ME dawen (v.), OE dagian, deriv. of dæg day; akin to ON daga, MD, MLG dagen, OHG tagēn

Related forms:
dawnlike, adjective
Synonyms:
1. daybreak, sunrise. 5. appear, occur, break.
1. daybreak, sunrise. 5. appear, occur, break.
Antonyms:
1. sunset.
1. sunset.
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dawn (dôn) n.
[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
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
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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Language Translation for : Dawn
Spanish:
amanecer,
German:
dämmern,
Japanese:
夜が明ける
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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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dawn
In addition to the idiom beginning with dawn, also see crack of dawn; light dawned.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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