definition of
dawn

[1] #1 dawn n. [dawning, morning, aurora, first light, daybreak, break of day, break of the day, dayspring, sunrise, sunup, cockcrow] the first light of day; "we got up before dawn"; "they talked until morning". wn

[2] #2 dawn v. [click, get through, come home, get across, sink in, penetrate, fall into place] become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions; "It dawned on him that she had betrayed him"; "she was penetrated with sorrow". wn

[3] #3 dawn n. [morning] the earliest period; "the dawn of civilization"; "the morning of the world". wn

[4] #4 dawn v. appear or develop; "The age of computers had dawned". wn

[5] #5 dawn n. an opening time period; "it was the dawn of the Roman Empire". wn