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dayrise

dayrise noun: daybreak, dawn.

Noun

dayrise (countable and uncountable, plural dayrises)

  1. (poetic) daybreak, dawn
    • 'Twas a fair sight to see her glide
      A constant shadow by the side
      Of her old Father ! At dayrise,
      With light feet and with sunny eyes,1839, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, "The Sisters.", The Poetical Works of Miss Landon, publ. by E.L. Carey and A. Hart, pg. 225
    • Compared to such sentimentalism that dream of the million men rising up at the President's call between dayrise and dayfall appears like grim realism.1917, Hermann Hagedorn, "The Spirit of Preparedness," Proceedings of the Congress of Constructive Patriotism, National Security League, Washington, D.C., January 25-27, 1917, pg. 138

Forms of dayrise

pluraldayrises

Origin of dayrise

From day + rise.

Questions about dayrise

What does dayrise mean?
Dayrise means daybreak, dawn.
What part of speech is dayrise?
Dayrise is a noun.
What is the plural of dayrise?
The plural of dayrise is dayrises.

Words near dayrise in the dictionary

  1. dayparting
  2. dayparts
  3. daypeep
  4. dayplanner
  5. dayplanners
  6. dayrise
  7. dayrises
  8. Dayrit
  9. Dayrits
  10. dayrobe
  11. dayrobes

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