All 6 Uses of
beckon
in
A Tale of Two Cities
- The gentleman then beckoned to the young lady, and they, too, went out.†
Chpt 1.5 *beckoned = called -- typically to come nearer by using a hand gesture or a nod
- He looked back over his shoulder, and beckoned them to enter.†
Chpt 1.5
- Rendered in a manner desperate, by her state and by the beckoning of their conductor, he drew over his neck the arm that shook upon his shoulder, lifted her a little, and hurried her into the room.†
Chpt 1.5beckoning = calling -- typically to come nearer by using a hand gesture or a nod
- Mr. Lorry, who had gone out when the young lady and her father went out, now reappeared, and beckoned to Jerry: who, in the slackened interest, could easily get near him.†
Chpt 2.3beckoned = called -- typically to come nearer by using a hand gesture or a nod
- But, it beckoned him back in his sleep, and showed itself in shining forms.†
Chpt 3.13
- Madame Defarge beckoned the Juryman and The Vengeance a little nearer to the door, and there expounded her further views to them thus: "She will now be at home, awaiting the moment of his death.†
Chpt 3.14
Definitions:
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(1)
(beckon) to call -- typically to ask or tell someone to come nearer by using a hand gesture or a nod of the head
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Much less commonly, beckon can be a gesture that points in a direction.