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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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, From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: dawning n : the first light of day "we got up before dawn"; "they talked until morning" [syn: {dawn}, {morning}, {aurora}, {first light}, {daybreak}, {break of day}, {break of the day}, {dayspring}, {sunrise}, {sunup}, {cockcrow}] [ant: {sunset}]
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