Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Beckoned"
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.
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