Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
The morning twilight period immediately before sunrise. · The rising of the sun. · The time when the sun rises. · The earliest phase of something.
verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo begin to brighten with daylight. · To start to appear or become obvious. · To begin to give promise; to begin to appear or to expand.
From Middle English dawnen, either a back-formation from dawnynge or a modification of dawen (“to dawn”) after it. The noun is from the verb.
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