'DAWN' definitions:

Definition of 'dawn'

(from WordNet)
noun
The first light of day; "we got up before dawn"; "they talked until morning" [syn: dawn, dawning, morning, aurora, first light, daybreak, break of day, break of the day, dayspring, sunrise, sunup, cockcrow] [ant: sundown, sunset]
noun
The earliest period; "the dawn of civilization"; "the morning of the world" [syn: dawn, morning]
noun
An opening time period; "it was the dawn of the Roman Empire"
verb
Become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions; "It dawned on him that she had betrayed him"; "she was penetrated with sorrow" [syn: click, get through, dawn, come home, get across, sink in, penetrate, fall into place]
verb
Appear or develop; "The age of computers had dawned"
verb
Become light; "It started to dawn, and we had to get up"

Definition of 'Dawn'

From: GCIDE
  • Dawn \Dawn\ (d[add]n), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dawned (d[add]nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Dawning.] [OE. dawnen, dawen, dagen, daien, AS. dagian to become day, to dawn, fr. d[ae]g day; akin to D. dagen, G. tagen, Icel. daga, Dan. dages, Sw. dagas. See Day. [root]71.]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To began to give promise; to begin to appear or to expand. "In dawning youth." --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • When life awakes, and dawns at every line. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
  • Dawn on our darkness and lend us thine aid. --Heber, [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Dawn'

From: GCIDE
  • Dawn \Dawn\, n.
  • 1. The break of day; the first appearance of light in the morning; show of approaching sunrise. [1913 Webster]
  • And oft at dawn, deep noon, or falling eve. --Thomson. [1913 Webster]
  • No sun, no moon, no morn, no noon, No dawn, no dusk, no proper time of day. --Hood. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. First opening or expansion; first appearance; beginning; rise. "The dawn of time." --Thomson. [1913 Webster]
  • These tender circumstances diffuse a dawn of serenity over the soul. --Pope. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'dawn'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Acronyms for 'dawn'

From: V.E.R.A.
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