[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

dayspring \day"spring`\ d=a"spri^ng`, n.
   the beginning of the day, or first appearance of light; the
   dawn; hence, the beginning. --milton.
   1913 webster

         the tender mercy of our god; whereby the dayspring from
         on high hath visited us.                 --luke i. 78.
   1913 webster

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

dayspring
     n : the first light of day; "we got up before dawn"; "they
         talked until morning" syn: dawn, dawning, morning,
          aurora, first light, daybreak, break of day, break
         of the day, sunrise, sunup, cockcrow ant: sunset
see also:
dawn dawning morning aurora first light daybreak 
break of day break of the day sunrise sunup cockcrow 
sunset 

[3] : Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

dayspring
   job 38:12; luke 1:78, the dawn of the morning; daybreak.
   comp. isa. 60:1, 2; mal. 4:2; rev. 22:16.
   

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