Dawn

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vi To began to give promise; to begin to appear or to expand.

II. Dawn ·noun First opening or expansion; first appearance; beginning; rise.

III. Dawn ·noun The break of day; the first appearance of light in the morning; show of approaching sunrise.

IV. Dawn ·vi To begin to grow light in the morning; to grow light; to break, or begin to appear; as, the day dawns; the morning dawns.