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English Dictionary: dawn by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dawn
n
  1. the first light of day; "we got up before dawn"; "they talked until morning"
    Synonym(s): dawn, dawning, morning, aurora, first light, daybreak, break of day, break of the day, dayspring, sunrise, sunup, cockcrow
    Antonym(s): sundown, sunset
  2. the earliest period; "the dawn of civilization"; "the morning of the world"
    Synonym(s): dawn, morning
  3. an opening time period; "it was the dawn of the Roman Empire"
v
  1. become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions; "It dawned on him that she had betrayed him"; "she was penetrated with sorrow"
    Synonym(s): click, get through, dawn, come home, get across, sink in, penetrate, fall into place
  2. appear or develop; "The age of computers had dawned"
  3. become light; "It started to dawn, and we had to get up"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dawn \Dawn\, 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. [bd]The dawn of time.[b8] --Thomson.
  
                     These tender circumstances diffuse a dawn of
                     serenity over the soul.                     --Pope.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dawn \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. d[91]g day; akin to D. dagen, G.
      tagen, Icel. daga, Dan. dages, Sw. dagas. See {Day}.
      [root]71.]
      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.
            [bd]In dawning youth.[b8] --Dryden.
  
                     When life awakes, and dawns at every line. --Pope.
  
                     Dawn on our darkness and lend us thine aid. --Heber,

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Dawn, MO
      Zip code(s): 64638
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