Dawning

Alternative forms

 * daunyng

Etymology
An alteration of dawing, under the influence of Scandinavian cognates (compare Swedish, Danish dagning).

Pronunciation

 * (in accents with the cot-caught merger)
 * (in accents with the cot-caught merger)

Noun

 * 1)  Dawn.
 * 2) * 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book II:
 * & soo they two retorned ageyne in the daunyng of the day [...].
 * 1) * 1874, James Thomson, The City of Dreadful Night
 * never there
 * Can come the lucid morning's fragrant breath
 * After the dewy dawning's cold grey air
 * 1) The first beginnings of something.
 * 2) * 1995, Pinky and the Brain, theme:
 * Before each night is done,
 * Their plan will be unfurled,
 * By the dawning of the sun,
 * They'll take over the world.

Verb
dawning



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