All 5 Uses

beckon
in
Faust -- translated by Brooks
(Edited)

Far out to sea I'm drawn, sweet voices listening,
The glassy waters at my feet are glistening,
To new shores beckons me a new-born day.
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beckons = calls (figuratively by being desirable)
O for a wing to lift and bear me on,
And on, to where his last rays beckon!
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beckon = call (figuratively by being desirable)
She beckons FAUST to come to her.
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beckons = calls (to come nearer by using a hand gesture or a nod)
A lovely dream once came to me; In it I saw an apple-tree; Two beauteous apples beckoned there, I climbed to pluck the fruit so fair.
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beckoned = called (figuratively, by being desirable)
There sits my mother on a stone,
And her head is constantly swaying;
She beckons not, nods not, her head falls o'er,
So long she's been sleeping, she'll wake no more.
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beckons = calls (to come nearer by using a hand gesture or a nod)

Definitions:

(1) (beckon)
to call -- typically to ask or tell someone to come nearer by using a hand gesture or a nod of the head
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
Much less commonly, beckon can be a gesture that points in a direction.