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dawning
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Noun dawning has 1 sense
- dawning(n = noun.time) aurora, break of day, break of the day, cockcrow, dawn, daybreak, dayspring, first light, morning, sunrise, sunup - the first light of day; "we got up before dawn"; "they talked until morning" is a kind of hour, time of day
Derived form verb dawn3
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