- Dawning
- 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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
См. также в других словарях:
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] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
dawning — index prime (original) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
dawning — /daw ning/, n. 1. daybreak; dawn. 2. beginning; start: the dawning of the space age. [ME; see DAWN, ING1] * * * … Universalium
dawning — adj. Dawning is used with these nouns: ↑awareness, ↑realization, ↑recognition … Collocations dictionary
dawning — noun /ˈdɔːnɪŋ,ˈdɑːnɪŋ/ a) Dawn. soo they two retorned ageyne in the daunyng of the day [...]. b) The first beginnings of something. never there … Wiktionary
dawning — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The first appearance of daylight in the morning: aurora, cockcrow, dawn, daybreak, morn, morning, sunrise, sunup. See START … English dictionary for students
dawning — sb. == dawn. RG. 557 … Oldest English Words
dawning — dÉ”Ën n. sunrise; appearance v. become light; begin, start; become clear; start to understand … English contemporary dictionary
dawning — noun 1》 literary dawn. 2》 the beginning or first appearance of something. Origin ME: alt. of earlier dawing, from OE dagian to dawn , of Gmc origin; related to day … English new terms dictionary
dawning — n. 1. See dawn, n. 2. Beginning, first appearance … New dictionary of synonyms
