Dawn
[dɔːn] or [dɔn]
Definition
(noun.) the earliest period; 'the dawn of civilization'; 'the morning of the world'.
(noun.) the first light of day; 'we got up before dawn'; 'they talked until morning'.
(noun.) an opening time period; 'it was the dawn of the Roman Empire'.
(verb.) become light; 'It started to dawn, and we had to get up'.
(verb.) appear or develop; 'The age of computers had dawned'.
Editor: Ryan--From WordNet
Definition
(v. i.) To begin to grow light in the morning; to grow light; to break, or begin to appear; as, the day dawns; the morning dawns.
(v. i.) To began to give promise; to begin to appear or to expand.
(n.) The break of day; the first appearance of light in the morning; show of approaching sunrise.
(n.) First opening or expansion; first appearance; beginning; rise.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. [1]. Break, begin to be light, grow light.[2]. Appear, open, begin to appear.
n. Cockcrowing, DAYBREAK, dayspring, dawning, break of day.
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Definition
v.i. to become day: to begin to grow light: to begin to appear.—n. daybreak: beginning.—Also Dawn′ing.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
n. The time when men of reason go to bed. Certain old men prefer to rise at about that time taking a cold bath and a long walk with an empty stomach and otherwise mortifying the flesh. They then point with pride to these practices as the cause of their sturdy health and ripe years; the truth being that they are hearty and old not because of their habits but in spite of them. The reason we find only robust persons doing this thing is that it has killed all the others who have tried it.
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Examples
- Away beyond the dawn of history, 3000 or 4000 years ago, one thinks of the Wiltshire uplands in the twilight of a midsummer day's morning. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Before my eyes, too, his disposition seemed to unfold another phase; to pass to a fresh day: to rise in new and nobler dawn. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Amy was up at dawn, hustling people out of their beds and through their breakfasts, that the house might be got in order. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- To see Naples as we saw it in the early dawn from far up on the side of Vesuvius, is to see a picture of wonderful beauty. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Their writings are our dawn. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The next day Tarzan was practicing with his bow and arrows at the first gleam of dawn. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- From tropic to the bleakest north, the cocks crow before the advancing margin of dawn. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It presently dawned upon Mr. Briggs as a richly coloured and creditable fact he had hitherto not observed, that the sun never set on his dominions. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Ere long, some noted singers and musicians dawned upon the platform: as these stars rose, the comet-like professor set. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Some dim perception of a great change dawned on my mind. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Blind as he was, smiles played over his face, joy dawned on his forehead: his lineaments softened and warmed. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- No such hope dawned upon me. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- The summer morn had dawned upon them ere they could travel in full assurance that they held the right path. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Now his niece dawned upon him no longer a mad girl, but a most sensible woman. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- A kind of angry smile just dawns upon my Lady's face. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Forth-riding from the formless folds of the mist dawns on him the brightest vision--a green-robed lady, on a snow-white palfrey. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Wednesday morning was dawning when I looked out of window. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- There may be an opening for him dawning now, or there may be none. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The sky was without a cloud, and the dawning mystery of moonlight began to tremble already in the region of the eastern heaven. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Day was dawning when they again emerged. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- In this way he was taking a most vital part in the progress of those new economic ideas that were dawning into consciousness toward the close of the eighteenth century. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Not that, at leaSt.' She saw, by the dawning look on Loerke's face, that he had understood. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The prim man was just beginning to have a dawning recollection of the story he had forgotten. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
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