dawned

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dawned - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Dawn \Dawn\ (d[add]n), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dawned (d[add]nd);
     p. pr. & vb. n. Dawning.] [OE. dawnen, dawen, dagen, daien,
     AS. dagian to become day, to dawn, fr. d[ae]g day; akin to D.
     dagen, G. tagen, Icel. daga, Dan. dages, Sw. dagas. See
     Day. [root]71.]
     1. To begin to grow light in the morning; to grow light; to
        break, or begin to appear; as, the day dawns; the morning
        dawns.
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              In the end of the Sabbath, as it began to dawn
              toward the first day of the week, came Mary
              Magdalene . . . to see the sepulcher. --Matt.
                                                    xxviii. 1.
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     2. To began to give promise; to begin to appear or to expand.
        "In dawning youth." --Dryden.
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              When life awakes, and dawns at every line. --Pope.
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              Dawn on our darkness and lend us thine aid. --Heber,
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