dawn

n

1. daybreak, sunrise, sunup, aurora, cockcrow, daylight, daypeep; break of day, peep of day, crack of dawn, dawning, early light, Archaic. dayspring; morning, morn, prime, morningtide.

2. beginning, birth, start, inception, commencement; advent, appearance, arrival; unfolding, onset, nascency, rise, emergence, outset, awakening; inauguration, initiation, foundation, incipience.

v

3. grow light, lighten, break, gleam, brighten.

4. originate, begin, commence, start, enter upon, arise, give birth; initiate, inaugurate, set in, come into existence; appear, rise, open.

5. occur to, appear, come to mind, enter one's mind, pass through one's mind, flash across one's mind, flash upon the inner eye; strike, hit, break, come to one's knowledge.