beckon Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb signal with the hands or nod
    wave.
    • She waved to her friends
    • He waved his hand hospitably
  2. verb appear inviting
    • The shop window decorations beckoned
  3. verb summon with a wave, nod, or some other gesture

WordNet

Beck"on transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Beckoned (); present participle & verbal noun Beckoning
Definitions
  1. 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.
Beck"on noun
Definitions
  1. A sign made without words; a beck. "At the first beckon." Bolingbroke.

Webster 1913