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Dawn
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- 1 A female given name from English sometimes given to a girl born at that time of day.
""Thomas, if it's a boy," she said, "after my uncle. But if it's a girl I'd like something fancy for a first name." "What about Dawn?" she said. "I like the sound of Dawn. Then Mary for a second name. Dawn Mary Parker, it sounds sweet.""
- 1 The morning twilight period immediately before sunrise. uncountable
- 2 the earliest period wordnet
- 3 The rising of the sun. countable
"Every act of a Roman, from birth to death, from dawn to night, was controlled and supervised by some presiding deity."
- 4 the first light of day wordnet
- 5 The time when the sun rises. uncountable
"She rose before dawn to meet the train."
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- 6 an opening time period wordnet
- 7 The earliest phase of something. uncountable
"The dawn of civilization didn't imply twilight of barbarity."
- 1 To begin to brighten with daylight. intransitive
"A new day dawns."
- 2 become light wordnet
- 3 To start to appear or become obvious. figuratively, intransitive
"I don’t want to be there when the truth dawns on him."
- 4 become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions wordnet
- 5 To begin to give promise; to begin to appear or to expand. figuratively, intransitive
"when life awakes, and dawns at every line"
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- 6 appear or develop wordnet
Etymology
From Middle English dawnen, either a back-formation from dawnynge or a modification of dawen (“to dawn”) after it. The noun is from the verb.
From Middle English dawnen, either a back-formation from dawnynge or a modification of dawen (“to dawn”) after it. The noun is from the verb.
From dawn.
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