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Dawned

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]7

  1. ] 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.

    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.

  2. To began to give promise; to begin to appear or to expand. ``In dawning youth.''
    --Dryden.

    When life awakes, and dawns at every line.
    --Pope.

    Dawn on our darkness and lend us thine aid.
    --Heber,

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dawned

vb. (en-past of: dawn)

Usage examples of "dawned".

I knew it was forged, but two days later it dawned on me that the idiot was right.

It slowly dawned on Dawn that this immense inner territory was not some comfortable green lounge for passengers.