Dawning
/ˈdɑːnɪŋ/ noun, verb
noun, verb ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Dawn. poetic
"Anone after cam the knyght with the two ſwerdes and balan his broder ⸝ and brought with hem kynge Ryons of Northwalys and there delyuerd hym to the porters and charged hem with hym ⸝ & ſoo they two retorned ageyne in the daunyng of the day ⸝[…]"
- 2 the first light of day wordnet
- 3 The first beginnings of something.
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of dawn form-of, gerund, participle, present
Example
More examples"The truth of the matter is dawning on him."
Etymology
From Middle English dawnynge, an alteration of dawing, under the influence of North Germanic cognates (compare Swedish, Danish dagning). See daw (“to dawn”).