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dawneth

dawneth is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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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Origin of dawneth

dawn + -eth

Questions about dawneth

What is dawneth the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Dawneth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of dawn.

Words near dawneth in the dictionary

  1. dawner
  2. dawnered
  3. dawnering
  4. dawners
  5. dawnest
  6. dawneth
  7. dawning
  8. dawning on
  9. dawning upon
  10. dawnings
  11. Dawnland

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