beckon : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: beckon	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for beckon
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
beckon v signal with the hands or nod; "She waved to her friends"; "He waved his hand hospitably" Synonym(s): beckon, wave appear inviting; "The shop window decorations beckoned" summon with a wave, nod, or some other gesture
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. [bd]At the first beckon.[b8] --Bolingbroke.