To begin to grow light in the morning; to grow light; as, the day dawns; the morning dawns. It began to dawn towards the first day of the week. Vatihew 28:1.

To begin to open or expand; to begin to show intellectual light, or knowledge; as, the genius of the youth begins to dawn. When life awakes and dawns at every line. Pope.

To glimmer obscurely.

To begin to open or appear.

The break of day; the first appearance of light, in the morning. They arose about the dawn of the day. Joshua 6:15. The word may express the whole time from the first appearance of light to sunrise.

First opening or expansion; first appearance of intellectual light; as the dawn of genius, intellect, or mental powers.

Beginning; rise; first appearance; as the dawn of time.

A feeble or incipient light; first beams. These tender circumstances diffuse a dawn of serenity over the soul. Pope.