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Beckon
Beckon Beck"on, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Beckoned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Beckoning.] To make a significant sign to; hence, to summon, as by a motion of the hand. His distant friends, he beckons near. --Dryden. It beckons you to go away with it. --Shak.
Beckon
Beckon Beck"on, n. A sign made without words; a beck. ``At the first beckon.' --Bolingbroke.

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