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dawn

verb
/dɔːn/UK/dɔn/US/dɑn/

Etymology

From Middle English dawnen, either a back-formation from dawnynge or a modification of dawen (“to dawn”) after it. The noun is from the verb.

  1. inherited from dawnen

Definitions

  1. To begin to brighten with daylight.

    • A new day 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 sepulchre.

  2. To start to appear or become obvious.

    • I don’t want to be there when the truth dawns on him.
    • The realization dawned on him that few would pass that final exam.
    • Although the Celebrity was almost impervious to sarcasm, he was now beginning to exhibit visible signs of uneasiness, the consciousness dawning upon him that his eccentricity was not receiving the ovation it merited.

  3. To begin to give promise

    To begin to give promise; to begin to appear or to expand.

    • when life awakes, and dawns at every line
    • in dawning youth
    • Leave the time of war behind and let a time of peace dawn!
  4. ›+ 5 more definitions

    1. The morning twilight period immediately before sunrise.

    2. The rising of the sun.

      • Every act of a Roman, from birth to death, from dawn to night, was controlled and supervised by some presiding deity.

    3. The time when the sun rises.

      • She rose before dawn to meet the train.

    4. The earliest phase of something.

      • The dawn of civilization didn't imply twilight of barbarity.

    5. A female given name from English sometimes given to a girl born at that time of day.

      • "Thomas, if it's a boy," she said, "after my uncle. But if it's a girl I'd like something fancy for a first name." "What about Dawn?" she said. "I like the sound of Dawn. Then Mary for a second name. Dawn Mary Parker, it sounds sweet."
      • Dawn, go away, I’m no good for you.

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Derived

dawn on, crack of dawn, dawn ape, dawn choir, dawn chorus, dawn horse, dawnless, dawnlight, dawnlike, dawn man, dawn of a new day, dawn of time, dawn patrol, dawn poppy, dawn prayer, dawn raid, dawn redwood, dawn stone, dawn tetria, dawntime, dawn upon, dawny, false dawn, foredawn, handbags at dawn, it is always darkest before the dawn, it is always darkest just before the dawn, it is darkest before the dawn, it is darkest just before the dawn, new dawn, northern dawn, pistols at dawn, predawn, sundawn, the darkest hour is always just before the dawn, the darkest hour is just before the dawn, yesterdawn

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA