Definition of dawns:
(n) :
(uncountable) The morning twilight period immediately before sunrise.
(n) :
(uncountable) The time when the sun rises.
(n) :
(countable) The rising of the sun.
(v) :
(intransitive) To begin to brighten with daylight.
(v) :
(intransitive, figurative) To start to appear or become obvious.
(v) :
(intransitive, figurative) To begin to give promise; to begin to appear or to expand.