Dawn — Defs

01 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.

imp. & p. p. Dawned; p. pr. & vb. n. Dawning

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.
“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.
2.
To began to give promise; to begin to appear or to expand.
“When life awakes, and dawns at every line.” — Pope.

“Dawn on our darkness and lend us thine aid.” — Heber.

02 n. The break of day; the first appearance of light in the morning; show of approaching sunrise.

1.
The break of day; the first appearance of light in the morning; show of approaching sunrise.
“And oft at dawn, deep noon, or falling eve.” — Thomson.

“No sun, no moon, no morn, no noon, No dawn, no dusk, no proper time of day.” — Hood.
2.
First opening or expansion; first appearance; beginning; rise.
“These tender circumstances diffuse a dawn of serenity over the soul.” — Pope.