Definition of "dayspring" [day•spring]

• The beginning of the day, or first appearance of light; the dawn; daybreak. (noun)

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• "Whereby the dayspring, &c. The word dayspring {7} means the morning light, the aurora, the rising of the sun."
• "It is called the dayspring from on high because the light of the gospel shines forth from heaven."
• "The picturesque old English word 'dayspring' means neither more nor less than _sunrising_."