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  1. 1. 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. Source: opted
  2. 2. v. i. To began to give promise; to begin to appear or to expand. Source: opted
  3. 3. n. The break of day; the first appearance of light in the morning; show of approaching sunrise. Source: opted
  4. 4. n. First opening or expansion; first appearance; beginning; rise. Source: opted
  5. 5. n. the first light of day Source: wordnet
  6. 6. n. the earliest period Source: wordnet
  7. 7. n. an opening time period Source: wordnet
  8. 8. v. become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions Source: wordnet
  9. 9. v. appear or develop Source: wordnet
  10. 10. v. become light Source: wordnet
  11. 11. 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. "In dawning youth." Dryden. When life awakes, and dawns at every line. Pope. Dawn on our darkness and lend us thine aid. Heber, 1. The break of day; the first appeareance 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. "The dawn of time." Thomson. These tender circumstances diffuse a dawn of serenity over the soul. Pope. Source: webster
  12. 12. v:22/n:78 n. the first light of day n. the earliest period n. an opening time period v. appear or develop Source: ecdict

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