v (intransitive) To begin to brighten with daylight.
v (intransitive, figurative) To start to appear or be realized.
v (intransitive, figurative) To begin to give promise; to begin to appear or to expand.
n (uncountable) The morning twilight period immediately before sunrise.
n (countable) The rising of the sun.
n (uncountable) The time when the sun rises.
n (uncountable) The earliest phase of something.
n A female given name from English sometimes given to a girl born at that time of day.