Definition of Dayspring

1. Noun. The first light of day. "They talked until morning"

Exact synonyms: Aurora, Break Of Day, Break Of The Day, Cockcrow, Dawn, Dawning, Daybreak, First Light, Morning, Sunrise, Sunup
Generic synonyms: Hour, Time Of Day
Derivative terms: Auroral, Aurorean, Dawn, Dawn
Antonyms: Sunset

Definition of Dayspring

1. n. The beginning of the day, or first appearance of light; the dawn; hence, the beginning.

Definition of Dayspring

1. Noun. (archaic) The beginning of the day, or first appearance of light; the dawn; daybreak. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dayspring

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dayspring

daysack
daysacks
daysail
daysailed
daysailer
daysailers
daysailing
daysailings
daysails
dayshift
dayshifts
dayside
daysides
daysman
daysmen
dayspring (current term)
daysprings
daystar
daystars
daytale
daytaler
daytalers
daytales
daytime
daytimer
daytimers
daytimes
daytrade
daytrader
daytraders

Literary usage of Dayspring

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. City Temple Sermons by Reginald John Campbell (1903)
"XVIII THE dayspring The day spring from on high hath visited us, to give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet ..."

2. Life and Light for Woman by Woman's Board of Missions (1897)
"Have we taken it as a matter of course that they should do this, and hardly given it a thought that it is our Mission dayspring? It is ours because it is ..."

3. The College Year: Vesper Addresses in Wellesley College Chapel by Caroline Hazard (1910)
"... XII THE dayspring CHRISTMAS VESPERS Whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us.— LUKE, i: 78. JUST now there is a universal hush of nature, ..."

4. Poems of Human Progress, and Other Pieces: Including One Hundred and Fifteen by James Harcourt West (1914)
"SONNETS THE dayspring Earth's night is waning! Beautiful and fair The dayspring flashes gold across the deep. I see the wailing nations cease to weep, ..."

5. The Sabbath-School Hymnal; a Collection of Songs, Services and Responsive by Isaac S. Moses (1906)
"That the dayspring is at hand. That the dayspring is at hand. No. 202. He Makes His Sun to Rise. U4- GERMAN Andante. =$f=f ^ =BPt . ..."

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