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   Dawn , v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dawned ; p. pr. & vb. n. Dawning.] [OE. dawnen, dawen, dagen, daien, AS. dagian to become day, to dawn, fr. dæg day; akin to D. dagen, G. tagen, Icel. daga, Dan. dages, Sw. dagas. See Day. √71.]
   To begin to grow light in the morning; to grow light; to break, or begin to appear; as, the day dawns; the morning dawns.
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   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.
   
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   To began to give promise; to begin to appear or to expand. “In dawning youth.”  
   Dryden.
   
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   When life awakes, and dawns at every line.
   Pope.
   
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   Dawn on our darkness and lend us thine aid.
   Heber,
   
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   Dawn, n.
   The break of day; the first appearance of light in the morning; show of approaching sunrise.
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   And oft at dawn, deep noon, or falling eve.
   Thomson.
   
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   No sun, no moon, no morn, no noon,
   No dawn, no dusk, no proper time of day.
   Hood.
   
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   First opening or expansion; first appearance; beginning; rise. “The dawn of time.”  
   Thomson.
   
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   These tender circumstances diffuse a dawn of serenity over the soul.
   Pope.
   
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