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    [Verb]  | "beck*on" | \ ˈbe-kᵊn \


    1: to summon or signal typically with a wave or nod

    2: to appear inviting : attract

    3: to beckon to


    Origin: before 12th century ;

     Middle English bekenen, bikenen, becknien, becknyn, going back to Old English bēcnan, bīcnan, bīcnian, bēacnian "to make a mute gesture to, summon, symbolize, portend, reveal," going back to West Germanic *bauhnjan- or *bauhnōjan- (whence also Old Saxon bōknian "to portend, give as a token," Old High German bouhhanen, bouhnen "to give a sign or token, signify"), weak verb derivatives of *baukn- "sign, signal" {mat|beacon:1|};

    [Verb]  | "beckoned" 


    1: to direct or notify by a movement or gesture;


      * e.g., " ... beckoned the bashful child to come closer "



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    [Verb]  | "beckon" 


    1: to direct or notify by a movement or gesture;


      * e.g., " ... beckoned the bashful child to come closer "



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     [ "Beckon" ]

    1: appear inviting

      * e.g.,  ... The night beckons! 

     [ "Beckoning" ]

    1: To entice or lure one's attention; or a summoning gesture.

      * e.g.,  ... (SITUATION: Friends playing a game of FIFA) 

     [ "beckon" ]

    1: v. calculate without using actual statistics, facts, or reasoning; act in a Glen Beck-esque manner.

      * e.g.,  ... Check out the way Sarah Palin is beckoning in her speeches. I beckon she'll be president soon! I beckon most NFL fans are overweight cheese doodlers. 

     [ "beckoning" ]

    1: cleansing, cleaning up

      * e.g.,  ... you should try beckoning yourself! ok, maybe my shoes? 

     [ "beckon call" ]

    1: A misinterpretation of the phrase "beck and call" such as "at ones beck and call" meaning to be at willful readiness to fulfill another's orders or commands. It is usually used by people who are attempting to sound more well read than are are in actuality.

      * e.g.,  ... "Professor Stackhouse has us at his beckon call." 

     [ "beckoned call" ]

    1: The definition of beckoned call,is to be instantly at someone's bidding.Through the years beckon call and beck and call have been become acceptable facsimiles, though not the original phrase

      * e.g.,  ... I am too busy to be at your beckoned call 

     [ "Fist Beckoning" ]

    1: How to beckon a hoe by her native language

      * e.g.,  ... " Stacy refused to listen to my finger beckon so i used fist beckoning and that wide set hoe hurried up. 

     [ "beckoning" ]

    1: cleaning up, cleansing

      * e.g.,  ... im going to beckon my shoes try beckoning your shoes 

     [ "beckon" ]

    1: a game much like tag and hide and seek. There is one seeker and many hiders/runners who try not to be found. When they are found they must return to the beckon bench and wait for someone to beckon them (usually flipping the bird), and then they can leave. The game ends when all players are on the beckon bench.

      * e.g.,  ... kid1: stop beating your meat to homosexual porn, were playing beckon 

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