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English Dictionary: dawning	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dawning n 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
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,