the first light of day; " we got up before dawn"; " they talked until morning"

become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions; " It dawned on him that she had betrayed him"; " she was penetrated with sorrow"

appear or develop; " The age of computers had dawned"

the earliest period; " the dawn of civilization"; " the morning of the world"

an opening time period; " it was the dawn of the Roman Empire"

become light; " It started to dawn, and we had to get up"

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

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

The break of day; the first appearance of light in the morning; show of approaching sunrise.

First opening or expansion; first appearance; beginning; rise.

To begin to grow light; glimmer; break, as the day.

The first appearance of light in the morning; beginning or unfolding.

To become day: to begin to grow light: to begin to appear.

Daybreak: beginning.

Daybreak.

To begin to grow light.

The first appearance of light in the morning; daybreak; a beginning.

The break of day; beginning or first appearance.

To begin to grow light: to begin to open, expand, or appear.

The break of day; the first appearance of light in the morning; first opening or expansion; rise; beginning; first appearance.

To begin to grow light; to begin to open or expand; to glimmer obscurely.

As usual when he did such a thing it was worth getting up before dawn to hear him. – Molly Brown's Post-Graduate Days by Nell Speed

How could she prove to herself that she was awake, that she had come out to see the dawn that she was standing in front of her hut and not asleep in bed? – There was a King in Egypt by Norma Lorimer

" If you people are to rise at dawn you must go to sleep now. – The Captain of the Gray-Horse Troop by Hamlin Garland

It grew to be Time's burst of dawn He gained a world; he gave that world Its grandest lesson: " On, and on!" – Poems with Power to Strengthen the Soul by Various

Dawn on the sea! – Thelma by Marie Corelli

I am glad you do, Dawn – Dawn by Mrs. Harriet A. Adams

At dawn I shall have gone, but so will the brigands. – Princess Maritza by Percy Brebner

Light began to dawn upon me. – I Walked in Arden by Jack Crawford

" Let it tell its tale to Sturatzberg before the dawn – Princess Maritza by Percy Brebner

It began to dawn upon Orsino that a great change had come into his life, and he thought of the consequences of what he was doing. – Don Orsino by F. Marion Crawford

And yet a summer dawn was due. – She Buildeth Her House by Will Comfort

Next morning at dawn rode on horses up the hill to the convent. – A Simpleton by Charles Reade

They will be waiting for us, and you must be at your friend's house in the town before dawn – The Complete Historical Romances of Georg Ebers by Georg Ebers

The night was black, an hour before the dawn when his eyes opened wide, and he sat up, listening. – The Missourian by Eugene P. (Eugene Percy) Lyle

Dr. Cantrell, please be ready to place the charge at dawn tomorrow. – The Flaming Mountain by Harold Leland Goodwin

On the other side was a dawn which now is day. – Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern by Edgar Saltus

Go out, my child, into the dawn – Beggars on Horseback by F. Tennyson Jesse

He rose before it was clear dawn and threw open his window again. – In His Steps by Charles M. Sheldon

" At dawn I replied, soberly. – Cardigan by Robert W. Chambers

Dawn was enough advanced now to show the ground clearly. – The Secret of the Night by Gaston Leroux