Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - dawn
Dawn
dawn
n. & v. --n. 1 the first light of day; daybreak. 2 the beginning or incipient appearance of something. --v.intr. 1 (of a day) begin; grow light. 2 (often foll. by on, upon) begin to become evident or understood (by a person). Phrases and idioms dawn chorus the singing of many birds at the break of day. Etymology: orig. as verb: back-form. f. dawning, ME f. earlier dawing after Scand. (as DAY)
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I. intransitive verb Etymology: Middle English, probably back-formation from ~ing daybreak, alteration of dawing, from Old English dagung, from dagian Date: 15th century to begin to grow light as the sun rises, to begin to appear or develop, to begin to be perceived or understood , II. noun Date: 15th century the first appearance of light in the morning followed by sunrise, beginning ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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