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Definition of Daybreak
1. Noun. The first light of day. "They talked until morning"
Generic synonyms: Hour, Time Of Day
Derivative terms: Auroral, Aurorean, Dawn, Dawn
Antonyms: Sunset
Definition of Daybreak
1. n. The time of the first appearance of light in the morning.
Definition of Daybreak
1. Proper noun. Surat Al-Falaq (Arabic: ???? ????? ) (Dawn, Daybreak), the 113th Sura of the Qur'an. ¹
2. Noun. dawn ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Daybreak
1. the first appearance of light in the morning [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Daybreak
Literary usage of Daybreak
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of Our Own Times by Justin McCarthy (1905)
"CHAPTER V 'ANOTHER Daybreak IN THE EAST" ANOTHER day was indeed beginning to ...
Daybreak is not always, even in our atmosphere, the signal of coming light, ..."
2. The Invasion of the Crimea: Its Origin and an Account of Its Progress Down by Alexander William Kinglake (1868)
"In accordance with its daily custom, the English cavalry on the morning of the
25th of October had turned out an hour before daybreak ; and the men were ..."
3. The Chief American Poets: Selected Poems by Bryant, Poe, Emerson, Longfellow by Curtis Hidden Page (1905)
"A SIGHT IN CAMP IN THE Daybreak GRAY AND DIM A SIGHT in camp in the daybreak gray
and dim, As from my tent ..."
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