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.]
2.To began to give promise; to begin to appear or to expand.
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.


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