light dawned, the

Understanding came at last, as in They couldn't figure out where they went wrong, but then the light dawned-they'd turned right instead of left . This expression transfers the beginning of dawn to human perception. [c. 1800]

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Yazmin	YAZ-min	English (Modern)
Valery	vah-LYE-ree	Russian
Wenceslaus	WEN-səs-laws (English)	History
Josefine	yo-se-FEEN (Swedish), yo-ze-FEE-nə (German)	Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, German
Xun	-	Chinese
Avice	AY-vis	English (Rare)