Associations to the word «Dawning»

Wiktionary

DAWNING, noun. (now chiefly poetic) Dawn.
DAWNING, noun. The first beginnings of something.
DAWNING, verb. Present participle of dawn
DAWNING ON, verb. Present participle of dawn on

Dictionary definition

DAWNING, noun. The first light of day; "we got up before dawn"; "they talked until morning".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats