intransitive. Of the day: to grow light; to dawn. In later use Caribbean (also with out).

intransitive. To dawn. with day (or morning) as subject.

intransitive. To dawn. Frequently with it as subject.

Of the day: To be sunny or bright; also, to dawn. Chiefly poetic.

intransitive. To begin to grow daylight: said of the day, morning, light; also simply with it.

To burst out of darkness, begin to shine; as the day, morning, daylight. Const. on, upon. Many varieties of this expression appear, often mixed…

transitive. To release (something) from darkness or obscurity. Also intransitive: to become day.

intransitive. To dawn. Cf. earlier dayning, n.