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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
- But he came forward pleasantly enough and accepted the chair into which he was beckoned by Lucy.Chapter 1 (28% in)
- They had gathered round George, who beckoned, she felt, over the rubbish, the sloppy thoughts, the furtive yearnings that were beginning to cumber her soul.Chapter 16 (43% in)
There are no more uses of "beckon" in A Room With A View.
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