Dawn

Definition of Dawn

Pronunciation: dạn
v. i.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.
[imp. & p. p. Dawned (dạnd); p. pr. & vb. n. Dawning.]
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.
When life awakes, and dawns at every line.
- Pope.
Dawn on our darkness and lend us thine aid.
- Heber,
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.
These tender circumstances diffuse a dawn of serenity over the soul.
- Pope.

Related Words

A, advent, alpha, antemeridian, appear, appearance, arise, arrival, arrive, aurora, auroral, awakening, begin, beginning, birth, blast-off, break, break of day, brighten, brightening, broad day, chanticleer, cockcrow, cocklight, come to mind, commence, commencement, crack of dawn, creation, cutting edge, dawning, day, day glow, day-peep, daybreak, daylight, dayshine, dayspring, daytide, daytime, develop, edge, emerge, emergence, establishment, first brightening, first light, flying start, foundation, fresh start, full sun, genesis, gleam, green flash, grow bright, grow light, inauguration, inception, institution, jump-off, kick-off, leading edge, light, light of day, lighten, matin, matinal, matutinal, midday sun, morn, morning, new departure, noonlight, noontide light, occur to, oncoming, onset, opening, originate, origination, outbreak, outstart, peep of day, prime, ray of sunshine, rise, running start, send-off, setting in motion, setting-up, shine, square one, start-off, starting point, sun spark, sunbeam, sunbreak, sunburst, sunlight, sunshine, sunup, take-off, twilight, unfold, vestibule of Day
Word:

Browse

Dauphin
Dauphiness
Dauw
davallia
Davalliaceae
Davenport
Davidic
Daviesia
Davit
Davy Jones
Davy Jones's Locker
Davy lamp
Davyne
Davyum
Daw
Dawdle
Dawdler
Dawe
Dawish
Dawk
-Dawn-
dawning
Dawsonite
Day
Day blindness
day boarder
Day by day
day fly
Day in court
Day in, day out
day lily
Day of Atonement
Day of grace
day of reckoning
Day owl
Day rule
Day school
Day sight
Day's work
day-and-night
Day-coal
# A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

© 2014 Webster-dictionary.net | Dictionary Home | Privacy Policy