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Definition of Dayspring
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 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
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 . ..."