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Webster 1913 Edition
Beckon
Beck′on
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Beckoned
([GREEK]); p. pr. & vb. n.
Beckoning
.] To make a significant sign to; hence, to summon, as by a motion of the hand.
His distant friends, he
beckons
near. Dryden.
It
beckons
you to go away with it. Shakespeare
Beck′on
,Noun.
A sign made without words; a beck.
“At the first beckon.” Bolingbroke.
Webster 1828 Edition
Beckon
BECK'ON
,Verb.
T.
To make a sign to another, by nodding, winking, or a motion of the hand or finger, &c.,intended as a hint or intimation. Acts.19.
BECK'ON
,Verb.
T.
Definition 2024
beckon
beckon
English
Verb
beckon (third-person singular simple present beckons, present participle beckoning, simple past and past participle beckoned)
- (transitive, intransitive) To wave and/or to nod to somebody with the intention to make the person come closer.
- Dryden
- His distant friends, he beckons near.
- Shakespeare
- It beckons you to go away with it.
- Dryden
- (transitive, intransitive) To seem attractive and inviting
Translations
to wave and/or to nod to somebody with the intention to make the person come closer
Noun
beckon (plural beckons)
- A sign made without words; a beck.
- Bolingbroke
- At the first beckon.
- Bolingbroke
- A children's game similar to hide and seek in which children who have been "caught" may escape if they see another hider beckon to them.