Meaning

3 senses

  1. To dawn.

  2. (obsolete)To wake (someone) up.

  3. (obsolete)To daunt; to terrify.

Examples

1 sentences

  1. Do you know what DAW Tom works with?

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Origin

From Middle English dawen, from Old English dagian (“to dawn”), from Proto-West Germanic *

From Middle English dawen, from Old English dagian (“to dawn”), from Proto-West Germanic *dagēn, from Proto-Germanic *dagāną (“to become day, dawn”), from *dagaz (“day”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- (“to burn”). More at day, dawn.

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Forms

daws, dawing, dawed, dawed
Base formdaw · to daw
3rd person singulardaws
Present participledawing
Past simpledawed
Past participledawed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydaw
he, she, itdaws

Past simpleLesson

all personsdawed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave dawed
he, she, ithas dawed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill daw

Word family

2 related words
Derivedadawbedaw

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
daubdaughterA1dauntC1davydawdledawnB2
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