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Synonyms
dawn (dôn)

[From Middle English daunen, to dawn, probably a back-formation from dauning, daybreak, alteration of dauing, from Old English dagung, from dagian, to dawn.]

noun 

  1. The time each morning at which daylight first begins.
  2. A first appearance; a beginning: the dawn of history. See synonyms at beginning

intransitive verb: dawned, dawn·ing, dawns. 

  1. To begin to become light in the morning.
  2. To begin to appear or develop; emerge.
  3. To begin to be perceived or understood: Realization of the danger soon dawned on us.