All 6 Uses
beckon
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The Song Of Hiawatha
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- By the signal of the Peace-Pipe,
Bending like a wand of willow,
Waving like a hand that beckons,
Gitche Manito, the mighty,
Calls the tribes of men together,
Calls the warriors to his council!†Chpt 1 *beckons = calls -- typically to come nearer by using a hand gesture or a nod - the young Mondamin,
With his soft and shining tresses,
With his garments green and yellow,
With his long and glossy plumage,
Stood and beckoned at the doorway.†Chpt 5beckoned = called -- typically to come nearer by using a hand gesture or a nod - He was standing near his wigwam,
On the margin of the water,
And he called to old Nokomis,
Called and beckoned to Nokomis,
Pointed to the sturgeon, Nahma,
Lying lifeless on the pebbles,
With the sea-gulls feeding on him.†Chpt 8 - Just when they have learned to help us,
When we are old and lean upon them,
Comes a youth with flaunting feathers,
With his flute of reeds, a stranger
Wanders piping through the village,
Beckons to the fairest maiden,
And she follows where he leads her,
Leaving all things for the stranger!†Chpt 10beckons = calls -- typically to come nearer by using a hand gesture or a nod - "Look!" she said; "I see my father
Standing lonely at his doorway,
Beckoning to me from his wigwam
In the land of the Dacotahs!"†Chpt 20beckoning = calling -- typically to come nearer by using a hand gesture or a nod - 'T is the smoke, that waves and beckons!†
Chpt 20beckons = calls -- typically to come nearer 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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(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Much less commonly, beckon can be a gesture that points in a direction.