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Entry 4 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Morning

/(môrn"ĭng)/ · Morn·ing · IPA /ˈmɔɹnɪŋ/
01 n. The first or early part of the day, variously understood as the earliest hours of light, the time near sunrise; the time from midnight to n…
  1. 1.
    The first or early part of the day, variously understood as the earliest hours of light, the time near sunrise; the time from midnight to noon, from rising to noon, etc.
  2. 2.
    The first or early part; as, the morning of life.
  3. 3.
    The goddess Aurora.[Poetic]
02 a. Pertaining to the first part or early part of the day; being in the early part of the day; as, morning dew; morning light; morning service.
  1. 1.
    Pertaining to the first part or early part of the day; being in the early part of the day; as, morning dew; morning light; morning service.
    “She looks as clear As morning roses newly washed with dew.” — Shak.
    “Since he miscalled the morning star, Nor man nor fiend hath fallen so far.” — Byron.