foredawn noun 1verb 1forms 3 noun1 •The time before dawn.I opened the front door and went out into the foredawn, into the hissing of the silence and the humming of the underground trains standing empty with lighted windows on the far side of the common. — 1984 verb1 •To anticipate dawning or emerging.I see in it a wonderful fulfillment of things and plans which have been foredawned in my mind, many years ago — 1928 formsforedawned · foredawning · foredawns