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dawn definition

dawn (dôn, dän)

intransitive verb

  1. to begin to be day; grow light
  2. to begin to appear or develop; come forth
  3. to begin to be understood or felt: usually with on or upon the meaning suddenly dawned on me

Etymology: ME daunen, back-form. < dauninge, earlier dauinge, daybreak, prob. altered (infl. by ON dagan, dawn) < OE dagung < dagian, to become day < dæg, day

noun

  1. the beginning of daylight in the morning; daybreak
  2. the beginning (of something) the dawn of the Space Age
Dawn definition

Dawn (dôn)

noun

a feminine name

Etymology: see dawn

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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