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  • noun Plural form of dawn.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dawn.

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Examples

  • When we recognize the variety of personality that has been created, the idea dawns on us that

    Love's Final Victory Horatio

  • We have a twilight interval, with minor voices and their tentative modes and tones; still, the dusk is not silent, and rest and shadow with music between the dawns are a part of the liturgy of life, no less than passion and achievement.

    0 Introduction. Stedman, Edmund Clarence, ed. 1900. An American Anthology, 1787-1900 Edmund Clarence Stedman 1900

  • As for the 'dawns' out there, you are known by your utter lack of science motivation and your rather transparent neocon arguments to be only here to spread your political agenda.

    RealClimate 2009

  • As for the 'dawns' out there, you are known by your utter lack of science motivation and your rather transparent neocon arguments to be only here to spread your political agenda.

    RealClimate 2009

  • As for the 'dawns' out there, you are known by your utter lack of science motivation and your rather transparent neocon arguments to be only here to spread your political agenda.

    RealClimate 2009

  • As for the 'dawns' out there, you are known by your utter lack of science motivation and your rather transparent neocon arguments to be only here to spread your political agenda.

    RealClimate 2009

  • As for the 'dawns' out there, you are known by your utter lack of science motivation and your rather transparent neocon arguments to be only here to spread your political agenda.

    RealClimate 2009

  • As for the 'dawns' out there, you are known by your utter lack of science motivation and your rather transparent neocon arguments to be only here to spread your political agenda.

    RealClimate 2009

  • As for the 'dawns' out there, you are known by your utter lack of science motivation and your rather transparent neocon arguments to be only here to spread your political agenda.

    RealClimate 2009

  • As for the 'dawns' out there, you are known by your utter lack of science motivation and your rather transparent neocon arguments to be only here to spread your political agenda.

    RealClimate 2009

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  • Meaning: Become clear / appear / develop

    Citation: When you see life selflessly, clarity dawns in your mind

    November 20, 2007