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beckon (bek′ən)

intransitive verb, transitive verb

  1. to call or summon by a silent gesture
  2. to seem enticing (to); attract; lure the woods beckon

Etymology: ME beknen < OE beacnian, becnian; akin to OS boknian, OHG bouhnen < Gmc *bauhnan < *baukna, beacon

noun

a summoning gesture

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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