All 3 Uses of
beckon
in
Heart of Darkness
- A door opened, a white-haired secretarial head, but wearing a compassionate expression, appeared, and a skinny forefinger beckoned me into the sanctuary.
Chpt 1 *beckoned = called (to come by using a hand gesture)
- I saw him extend his short flipper of an arm for a gesture that took in the forest, the creek, the mud, the river,—seemed to beckon with a dishonoring flourish before the sunlit face of the land a treacherous appeal to the lurking death, to the hidden evil, to the profound darkness of its heart.
Chpt 2beckon = call (to come nearer by using a hand gesture)
- The river-bank was clear, and on the water-side I saw a white man under a hat like a cart-wheel beckoning persistently with his whole arm.
Chpt 2beckoning = calling (to come nearer by using a hand gesture)
Definition:
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(beckon) to call -- typically to ask or tell someone to come nearer by using a hand gesture or a nod of the head