Dawn

v. i.	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. [imp. & p. p. Dawned (dạnd); p. pr. & vb. n. Dawning.] 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,
n.	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.

Noun	1.	dawn - the first light of day; "we got up before dawn"; "they talked until morning" Synonyms: aurora, break of day, break of the day, cockcrow, dawning, daybreak, dayspring, first light, sunrise, sunup, morning
	2.	dawn - the earliest period; "the dawn of civilization"; "the morning of the world" Synonyms: morning
	3.	dawn - an opening time period; "it was the dawn of the Roman Empire"
Verb	1.	dawn - become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions; "It dawned on him that she had betrayed him"; "she was penetrated with sorrow" Synonyms: come home, fall into place, sink in, get across, penetrate, get through, click
	2.	dawn - appear or develop; "The age of computers had dawned"
	3.	dawn - become light; "It started to dawn, and we had to get up"

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