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Beckon
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2
Part of speech: noun (n.)
A sign made without words; a beck. "At the first beckon." Bolingbroke.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: verb (v.)
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.