\Dawn\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Dawned}; 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.
         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.
2. To began to give promise; to begin to appear or to expand.
   ``In dawning youth.'' --Dryden.
         When life awakes, and dawns at every line. --Pope.
         Dawn on our darkness and lend us thine aid. --Heber,

\Dawn\, n.
1. The break of day; the first appearance of light in the
   morning; show of approaching sunrise.
         And oft at dawn, deep noon, or falling eve.
                                               --Thomson.
         No sun, no moon, no morn, no noon, No dawn, no dusk,
         no proper time of day.                --Hood.
2. First opening or expansion; first appearance; beginning;
   rise. ``The dawn of time.'' --Thomson.
         These tender circumstances diffuse a dawn of
         serenity over the soul.               --Pope.