All 6 Uses of
beckon
in
Jane Eyre
- 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.
p. 228.5beckon = call (to come nearer by using a hand gesture or a nod)
- 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:
p. 234.0beckoned = called (to follow by using a hand gesture or a nod)
- I beckoned it to come near me; it stood soon at my knee.
p. 308.5beckoned = called (to come nearer by using a hand gesture or a nod)
- He passed on and ascended the stairs, still holding my hand, and still beckoning the gentlemen to follow him, which they did.
p. 337.8 *beckoning = calling (to follow by using a hand gesture or a nod)
- 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.
p. 482.5beckoned = called (to come nearer)
- [speaking of a coach for which she was waiting] It stopped as I beckoned.
p. 487.3beckoned = called (to come by using a hand gesture or a nod)
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.