3 entries under this word

Beckon

Bĕck'on, v. i.

verbintransitive

(bĕk'n), v. i. [See Beck.] To make a sign to another, by nodding, or a motion of the hand or finger, &c., intended as a hint or intimation.

Stood and beckoned at the doorway. Longfellow.

Bĕck'on, v. t.

verbtransitive

(bĕk'n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. BECKONED; p. pr. & vb. n. BECKONING.] To make a significant sign to; hence, to summon. His distant friends he beckons near. Dryden.

Bĕck'on, n.

noun

n. A sign made without words; a beck. [Rare.] “At the first beckon.” Bolingbroke.