dawn

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Back-formation from dawning. Ultimately related to Proto-Germanic *dagaz, ‘day’.

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dawn (third-person singular simple present dawns, present participle dawning, simple past and past participle dawned)

  1. (intransitive) To begin to brighten with daylight.
    Before a new day dawns.
  2. (intransitive) To start to appear or be realized.
    I don’t want to be there when the truth dawns.

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dawn (countable and uncountable; plural dawns)

  1. (uncountable) The morning twilight period immediately before sunrise.
  2. (countable) The rising of the sun.
  3. (uncountable) The time when the sun rises.
    She rose before dawn to meet the train.
  4. (uncountable) The beginning.
    The dawn of civilisation.

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dawn pl.

  1. Plural form of dan.
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