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noun

Dawn n.

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." "No sun, no moon, no morn, no noon, No dawn, no dusk, no proper time of day."

First opening or expansion; first appearance; beginning; rise. "The dawn of time." "These tender circumstances diffuse a dawn of serenity over the soul."

verb

Dawn v. i. (past & past part. dawned; pres. part. dawning)

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."

To began to give promise; to begin to appear or to expand. "In dawning youth." "When life awakes, and dawns at every line." "Dawn on our darkness and lend us thine aid."

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Etymology of 'Dawn'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Dawn" Quotes from Famous Books

... Giustiniani, as if in answer to his thoughts, "at dawn of day, there will be Mass in the capello Giustiniani on Sant' Elena; and later we must visit the shrines of San Nicolo and San Lorenzo. For in the Church also we have had our part. A Giustinian was first Patriarch of Venice; ...

— A Golden Book of Venice • Mrs. Lawrence Turnbull

... fresh vigour, that it would scare off the wild border-peoples and disperse the freebooters by land and sea, as the rising sun chases away the mist. However the old wounds might still smart, with Caesar there appeared for the sorely-tortured subjects the dawn of a more tolerable epoch, the first intelligent and humane government that had appeared for centuries, and a policy of peace which rested not on cowardice but on strength. Well might the subjects above all mourn along with ...

— The History of Rome (Volumes 1-5) • Theodor Mommsen

... not stop running until I reached the cave. My heart gave a great bound. For there, peering anxiously with worn face into the growing dawn, stood the figure of Keston—my friend whom I had never expected to see ...

— Astounding Stories, July, 1931 • Various

... women sang and danced before the rajah Indra, whilst a magic lute played of itself the most bewitching music; till the prince, who sat watching it all, was quite entranced. Just before dawn the rajah gave the signal to cease; and again the two women seated themselves on the stool, and, with the prince clinging to the leg, it flew back to earth, and bore Dorani and her husband safely to the scent-seller's shop. Here the prince hurried away ...

— The Olive Fairy Book • Various

... be impossible to find her. It flashed upon him that in shutting up Dolores that evening Mendoza had been obeying the King's secret orders, as well as in telling her that she was to be taken to Las Huelgas at dawn. No one but Philip could have written the letter—only the dwarf's fear of Philip's displeasure could have made him so anxious that it should be read at once. It was all as clear as daylight now, and the King and Mendoza ...

— In The Palace Of The King - A Love Story Of Old Madrid • F. Marion Crawford

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