ˈdȯniŋ, ˈdän-, -nēŋ noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English dawning, dawening, alteration (influenced by Middle English evening ) of dawing, from Old English dagung, from dagian to dawn + -ung -ing — more at daw
1. : daybreak , dawn
in the gray of cold dawnings — Ethel Wilson
2. : beginning
the dawning of the Gilded Age — J.D.Hart