sunrise

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noun

Etymology: From Middle English sonne-rys, sunne ryse, equivalent to sun + rise. Compare Middle English son risyng, sunne rijsyng, sonne-rysing (“sunrise”, literally “sun rising”).

1. The time of day when the sun appears above the eastern horizon.

   “I'll meet you at the docks at sunrise.”

2. The change in color of the sky at dawn.

   “Did you see the beautiful sunrise this morning?”

3. Any great awakening.

   “It was the sunrise of her spirit.”

   “Her face shone for a moment with new and unearthly splendour, her eyes lighted up with a very sunrise of joy.”

verb

Etymology: From Middle English sonne-rys, sunne ryse, equivalent to sun + rise. Compare Middle English son risyng, sunne rijsyng, sonne-rysing (“sunrise”, literally “sun rising”).

1. To phase in.

   “In the first type (upper left quadrant), alternative industrial movements (AIMs) focus on the sunrising of new technologies.”

2. To awake.

   “As I "sunrised" and breakfasted, I saw the party of men and women that had come to Horse Camp with the pack-train filing up the long slope below.”

3. To cheer up, brighten, or illuminate.

   “"That would be nice of you." She sunrised him again with her smile.”