Definitions
First light of day, or the beginning of something.
Word origin
From Middle English dawnen, either a back-formation from dawnynge or a modification of dawen (“to dawn”) after it. The noun is from the verb.
Used in a sentence
“A new day dawns.”
“In the end of the Sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene[…]to see the sepulchre.”
“I don’t want to be there when the truth dawns on him.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer6 curated clues
01“Day's first light”4 letters
02“First glow before sunrise”4 letters
03“First light of day”4 letters
04“First light of morning”4 letters
05“Morning's first light”4 letters
06“Early morning”4 letters
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