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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Beckon \Beck"on\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Beckoned} (?); 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 --Shak. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Beckon \Beck"on\, n. A sign made without words a beck. ``At the first beckon.'' --Bolingbroke. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: beckon v 1: signal with the hands or nod; "She waved to her friends"; "He waved his hand hospitably" [syn: {wave}] 2: appear inviting; "The shop window decorations beckoned" 3: summon with a wave, nod, or some other gesture
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