Dawn Definition
dôn
dawned, dawning, dawns
noun
dawns
The beginning of daylight in the morning; daybreak.
Webster's New World
The beginning (of something)
The dawn of the Space Age.
Webster's New World
A feminine name.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
- sunburst
- sunbreak
- noonlight
- dayshine
- daytide
- break of the day
- break-of-day
- first-light
- aurora
- dawning
- dayspring
- morning
- daybreak
- cockcrow
- sunup
verb
dawned, dawning, dawns
To begin to be day; grow light.
Webster's New World
To begin to appear or develop; come forth.
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To begin to be understood or felt.
The meaning suddenly dawned on me.
Webster's New World
pronoun
A female given name sometimes given to a girl born at that time of day.
Wiktionary
Origin of Dawn
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From Middle English daunen to dawn probably a back-formation from dauning daybreak alteration of dauing from Old English dagung from dagian to dawn agh- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Back-formation from dawning. Ultimately related to Proto-Germanic *dagaz, ‘day’.
From Wiktionary
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