dawning

Noun

Synonyms: dawn morning aurora first light daybreak break of day break of the day dayspring sunrise sunup cockcrow

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

the first light of day“we got up before dawn”“they talked until morning”Synonyms: dawn morning aurora first light daybreak break of day break of the day dayspring sunrise sunup cockcrow

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

dawning \dawn"ing\ n. the first light of day; dawn.

Syn: dawn, morning, aurora, first light, daybreak, break of day, break of the day, dayspring, sunrise, sunup, cockcrow. [WordNet 1.5]

Dawn \Dawn\ (d[add]n), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dawned (d[add]nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Dawning.] [OE. dawnen, dawen, dagen, daien, AS. dagian to become day, to dawn, fr. d[ae]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. [1913 Webster]

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.[1913 Webster]

2.To began to give promise; to begin to appear or to expand. "In dawning youth." --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

When life awakes, and dawns at every line.— Pope.[1913 Webster]

Dawn on our darkness and lend us thine aid.— Heber,[1913 Webster]