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Definition
to call — typically to ask or tell someone to come nearer by using a hand gesture or a nod of the head
- He passed on and ascended the stairs, still holding my hand, and still beckoning the gentlemen to follow him, which they did.Chapter 26 (57% in)
beckoning = calling (to follow by using a hand gesture or a nod)
- You are silly, because, suffer as you may, you will not beckon it to approach, nor will you stir one step to meet it where it waits you.Chapter 19 (12% in)
- I looked; I stirred the fire, and I looked again: but she drew her bonnet and her bandage closer about her face, and again beckoned me to depart. The flame illuminated her hand stretched out:Chapter 19 (67% in)
- I beckoned it to come near me; it stood soon at my knee.Chapter 24 (60% in)
- Religion called — Angels beckoned — God commanded — life rolled together like a scroll — death's gates opening, showed eternity beyond: it seemed, that for safety and bliss there, all here might be sacrificed in a second.Chapter 35 (83% in)
- [speaking of a coach for which she was waiting] It stopped as I beckoned.Chapter 36 (20% in)
beckon = call (to come nearer by using a hand gesture or a nod)
beckoned = called (to follow by using a hand gesture or a nod)
beckoned = called (to come nearer by using a hand gesture or a nod)
beckoned = called (to come nearer)
beckoned = called (to come by using a hand gesture or a nod)
There are no more uses of "beckon" in Jane Eyre.
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