dawn

  1. Proper noun.  (given name, female) sometimes given to a girl born at that time of day.
  2. Verb.  (intransitive) To begin to brighten with daylight.
  3. Verb.  (intransitive) To start to appear or be realized.
  4. Noun.  (uncountable) The morning twilight period immediately before sunrise.
  5. Noun.  (countable) The rising of the sun.
  6. Noun.  (uncountable) The time when the sun rises.
  7. Noun.  (uncountable) The beginning.

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