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dawn

noun
  1. The first appearance of daylight in the morning: aurora, cockcrow, dawning, daybreak, morn, morning, sunrise, sunup. See start
  2. The initial stage of a developmental process: beginning, birth, commencement, genesis, inception, nascence, nascency, onset, opening, origin, outset, spring, start. See start
verb
To begin to appear or develop: appear, arise, commence, emerge, originate. See start
phrasal verb

dawn on or upon
To come as a realization: register, sink in, soak in. See knowledge

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