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au·bade

 (ō-bäd′)
n.
1. A song or instrumental composition concerning, accompanying, or evoking daybreak.
2. A poem or song of or about lovers separating at dawn.

[French, from Old French albade, from Old Provençal albada, from alba, dawn, aubade, from Latin, feminine of albus, white; see albho- in Indo-European roots.]
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aubade

(French obad)
n
1. (Poetry) a song or poem appropriate to or greeting the dawn
2. (Music, other) a song or poem appropriate to or greeting the dawn
3. (Classical Music) a romantic or idyllic prelude or overture
[C19: from French, from Old Provençal aubada (unattested), from auba dawn, ultimately from Latin albus white]
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au•bade

(oʊˈbɑd)

n.
music suitable to greeting the dawn or the morning.
[1670–80; < French, Middle French]
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aubade

A poem that greets or evokes the dawn.
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