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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
- It beckons you to go away with it,
As if it some impartment did desire
To you alone.1.4 — Act 1 Scene 4 — The platform (62% in)
beckons = calls (to come nearer by using a hand gesture or a nod)
- Ghost beckons Hamlet.1.4 — Act 1 Scene 4 — The platform (61% in)
- Ghost beckons.1.4 — Act 1 Scene 4 — The platform (88% in)
beckons = calls (to come nearer by using a hand gesture or a nod)
beckons = calls (to come nearer by using a hand gesture or a nod)
There are no more uses of "beckon" in Hamlet, Prince of Denmark.
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