Beckon
['bek(ə)n] or ['bɛkən]
Definition
(verb.) signal with the hands or nod; 'She waved to her friends'; 'He waved his hand hospitably'.
(verb.) summon with a wave, nod, or some other gesture.
(verb.) appear inviting; 'The shop window decorations beckoned'.
Inputed by Bernard--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To make a significant sign to; hence, to summon, as by a motion of the hand.
(n.) A sign made without words; a beck.
Checker: Scott
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. Make a sign, give a signal.
v. a. Call by a sign or signal.
Checked by Klaus
Definition
v.t. to nod or make a sign to.
Inputed by Anna
Examples
- He knows how vast the field is, and how many paths constantly beckon him. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- You are silly, because, suffer as you may, you will not beckon it to approach, nor will you stir one step to meet it where it waits you. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- While Merrival was talking, Clara softly opened a door behind Idris, and beckoned me to come with a gesture and look of grief. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Fanny beckoned her mother out of the room, and told her something that made her equally anxious with Margaret for the departure of the latter. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- The superadded circumstance which would evolve the genius had not yet come; the universe had not yet beckoned. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- She beckoned with her hand to her father. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- She went downstairs to the door and beckoned to him. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- I beckoned it to come near me; it stood soon at my knee. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Again he beckoned to them; but still they stood in argument. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Presently Eustacia perceived that he was beckoning to her, and she advanced and joined him. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- As I entered, a sallow Malay attendant had hurried up with a pipe for me and a supply of the drug, beckoning me to an empty berth. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Come along with me, sir, said Sergeant Cuff, coolly leading the way up-stairs, and beckoning to the boy to follow him. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Here, Tom, said St. Clare, beckoning. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- My hand shrunk from the grasp of Fortitude, who continued his firm and undeviating road, frequently beckoning me to follow him. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- At this moment Mrs. Shelby appeared on the balcony, beckoning to him. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Mr. Smallweed, beckoning Mr. Chadband, takes a moment's counsel with him in a whisper. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The trooper beckons as he calls him. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Lady Dedlock beckons her, with even an appearance of interest. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Hope beckons and sorrow urges us, the heart beats high with expectation, and this eager desire of change must be an omen of success. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Then she slightly beckons to him and says, Come here! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- He stops there, looks round, and beckons Jo. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Amelia passes the door wistfully many a time, in hopes that Mr. Brown will have some news to give her, but he never beckons her in. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
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