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dawned

dawned is the simple past and past participle of dawn.

Meaning of dawn

Verb

dawn (third-person singular simple present dawns, present participle dawning, simple past and past participle dawned)

  1. (intransitive) To begin to brighten with daylight.
    • A new day dawns.
  2. (figuratively, intransitive) To start to appear or become obvious.
    • I don’t want to be there when the truth dawns on him.
    Synonyms:
    glimpse
  3. (figuratively, intransitive) To begin to give promise; to begin to appear or to expand.
    • when life awakes, and dawns at every line1695, C[harles] A[lphonse] du Fresnoy, translated by John Dryden, De Arte Graphica. The Art of Painting, […], London: […] J[ohn] Heptinstall for W. Rogers, […], →OCLC

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Words formed from dawned

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Questions about dawned

What is dawned the simple past and past participle of?
Dawned is the simple past and past participle of dawn.

Words near dawned in the dictionary

  1. dawncers
  2. dawnder
  3. dawndered
  4. dawndering
  5. dawnders
  6. dawned
  7. dawned on
  8. dawned upon
  9. Dawnelle
  10. dawner
  11. dawnered

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