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Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="beckon" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/beckon" title="beckon – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="beckon" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wiktionary.org/wiki/beckon" title="beckon – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="beckon" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wiktionary.org/wiki/beckon" title="beckon – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="beckon" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wiktionary.org/wiki/beckon" title="beckon – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="beckon" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/beckon" title="beckon – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="beckon" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wiktionary.org/wiki/beckon" title="beckon – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="beckon" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wiktionary.org/wiki/beckon" title="beckon – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="beckon" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wiktionary.org/wiki/beckon" title="beckon – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="beckon" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/beckon" title="beckon – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="beckon" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wiktionary.org/wiki/beckon" title="beckon – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="beckon" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wiktionary.org/wiki/beckon" title="beckon – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="beckon" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wiktionary.org/wiki/beckon" title="beckon – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="beckon" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wiktionary.org/wiki/beckon" title="beckon – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="beckon" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/beckon" title="beckon – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="beckon" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wiktionary.org/wiki/beckon" title="beckon – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="beckon" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wiktionary.org/wiki/beckon" title="beckon – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="beckon" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wiktionary.org/wiki/beckon" title="beckon – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="beckon" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/beckon" title="beckon – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="beckon" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/beckon" title="beckon – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="beckon" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-om mw-list-item"><a href="https://om.wiktionary.org/wiki/beckon" title="beckon – Oromo" lang="om" hreflang="om" data-title="beckon" data-language-autonym="Oromoo" data-language-local-name="Oromo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oromoo</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/beckon" title="beckon – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="beckon" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/beckon" title="beckon – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="beckon" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/beckon" title="beckon – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="beckon" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sm mw-list-item"><a href="https://sm.wiktionary.org/wiki/beckon" title="beckon – Samoan" lang="sm" hreflang="sm" data-title="beckon" data-language-autonym="Gagana Samoa" data-language-local-name="Samoan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gagana Samoa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/beckon" title="beckon – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="beckon" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a 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data-title="beckon" data-language-autonym="ၽႃႇသႃႇတႆး " data-language-local-name="Shan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ၽႃႇသႃႇတႆး </span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-te mw-list-item"><a href="https://te.wiktionary.org/wiki/beckon" title="beckon – Telugu" lang="te" hreflang="te" data-title="beckon" data-language-autonym="తెలుగు" data-language-local-name="Telugu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>తెలుగు</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wiktionary.org/wiki/beckon" title="beckon – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="beckon" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wiktionary.org/wiki/beckon" title="beckon – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="beckon" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" 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href="/wiki/bekenen#Middle_English" title="bekenen">bekenen</a></i>, <i class="Latn mention" lang="enm"><a href="/wiki/beknen#Middle_English" title="beknen">beknen</a></i>, <i class="Latn mention" lang="enm"><a href="/wiki/becnen#Middle_English" class="mw-redirect" title="becnen">becnen</a></i>, <i class="Latn mention" lang="enm"><a href="/wiki/beknien#Middle_English" title="beknien">beknien</a></i>, from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_English" class="extiw" title="w:Old English">Old English</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="ang"><a href="/wiki/beacnian#Old_English" title="beacnian">bēacnian</a></i>, <i class="Latn mention" lang="ang"><a href="/wiki/becnian#Old_English" title="becnian">bēcnian</a></i>, <i class="Latn mention" lang="ang"><a href="/wiki/biecnan#Old_English" title="biecnan">bīecnan</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">to signal; beckon</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-West_Germanic_language" class="extiw" title="w:Proto-West Germanic language">Proto-West Germanic</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="gmw-pro"><a href="/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-West_Germanic/baukn%C5%8Dn" title="Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/bauknōn">*bauknōn</a></i>, <i class="Latn mention" lang="gmw-pro"><a href="/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-West_Germanic/bauknijan" title="Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/bauknijan">*bauknijan</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">to signal</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, from <i class="Latn mention" lang="gmw-pro"><a href="/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-West_Germanic/baukn" title="Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/baukn">*baukn</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">signal; beacon</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>. Cognate with <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Saxon" class="extiw" title="w:Old Saxon">Old Saxon</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="osx"><a href="/w/index.php?title=boknian&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="boknian (page does not exist)">bōknian</a></i>, <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_High_German" class="extiw" title="w:Old High German">Old High German</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="goh"><a href="/w/index.php?title=bouhnen&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="bouhnen (page does not exist)">bouhnen</a></i>, <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Norse" class="extiw" title="w:Old Norse">Old Norse</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="non"><a href="/w/index.php?title=b%C3%A1kna&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="bákna (page does not exist)">bákna</a></i>. More at <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/beacon#English" title="beacon">beacon</a></span>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=beckon&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><span class="usage-label-accent"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_English" class="extiw" title="w:British English">UK</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:English_pronunciation" title="Appendix:English pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/ˈbɛkən/</span></li> <li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r50165410">.mw-parser-output .k-player .k-attribution{visibility:hidden}</style><table class="audiotable" style="vertical-align: middle; display: inline-block; list-style: none; line-height: 1em; border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0;"><tbody><tr><td>Audio <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="usage-label-accent"><span class="ib-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_in_southern_England" class="extiw" title="w:English in southern England">Southern England</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon qualifier-colon">:</span></td><td class="audiofile"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_0" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="175" style="width:175px;" data-durationhint="1" data-mwtitle="LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-beckon.wav" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8a/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-beckon.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-beckon.wav.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-transcodekey="ogg" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8a/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-beckon.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-beckon.wav.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8a/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-beckon.wav" type="audio/wav" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span></td><td class="audiometa" style="font-size: 80%;">(<a href="/wiki/File:LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-beckon.wav" title="File:LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-beckon.wav">file</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table></li> <li>Rhymes: <a href="/wiki/Rhymes:English/%C9%9Bk%C9%99n" title="Rhymes:English/ɛkən"><span class="IPA">-ɛkən</span></a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Verb">Verb</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=beckon&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Verb"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">beckon</strong> (<i>third-person singular simple present</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en s-verb-form-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/beckons#English" title="beckons">beckons</a></b>, <i>present participle</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en ing-form-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/beckoning#English" title="beckoning">beckoning</a></b>, <i>simple past and past participle</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en ed-form-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/beckoned#English" title="beckoned">beckoned</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/transitive" title="transitive">transitive</a>, <a href="/wiki/intransitive" title="intransitive">intransitive</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> To <a href="/wiki/wave" title="wave">wave</a> or <a href="/wiki/nod" title="nod">nod</a> to <a href="/wiki/somebody" title="somebody">somebody</a> with the <a href="/wiki/intention" title="intention">intention</a> to <a href="/wiki/make" title="make">make</a> the <a href="/wiki/person" title="person">person</a> <a href="/wiki/come" title="come">come</a> <a href="/wiki/closer" title="closer">closer</a>. <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1697</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgil" class="extiw" title="w:Virgil">Virgil</a>, “<span class="maintenance-line">(please specify the book number)</span>”, in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dryden" class="extiw" title="w:John Dryden">John Dryden</a>, transl., <cite>The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis.<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="Translated into English Verse; by Mr. DRYDEN. Adorn’d with a Hundred Sculptures.">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span></cite>, London: <span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="Printed for">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"> </span> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Tonson" class="extiw" title="w:Jacob Tonson">Jacob Tonson</a>,<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="at the Judges Head in Fleetstreet, near the Inner-Temple-Gate.">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/403869432">→OCLC</a></small>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">His distant friends, he <b>beckons</b> near.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><i><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#c." title="Appendix:Glossary"><abbr title="circa">c.</abbr></a></i> <span class="None" lang="und"><b>1599–1602</b></span> (date written), William Shakespeare, “<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamlet" class="extiw" title="w:Hamlet">The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke</a>”, in <cite>Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="Published According to the True Originall Copies.">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span></cite> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Folio" class="extiw" title="w:First Folio">First Folio</a>), London: <span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="Printed by">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"> </span> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Jaggard" class="extiw" title="w:William Jaggard">Isaac Iaggard</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Blount" class="extiw" title="w:Edward Blount">Ed<span style="font-style: normal;">[</span>ward<span style="font-style: normal;">]</span> Blount</a>, published <span class="None" lang="und">1623</span>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/606515358">→OCLC</a></small>, <span style="font-style: normal;">[</span>Act I, scene iv<span style="font-style: normal;">]</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">It <b>beckons</b> you to go away with it.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/transitive" title="transitive">transitive</a>, <a href="/wiki/intransitive" title="intransitive">intransitive</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> To <a href="/wiki/seem" title="seem">seem</a> <a href="/wiki/attractive" title="attractive">attractive</a> and <a href="/wiki/inviting" title="inviting">inviting</a> <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>2016</b></span>, “Into the Unknown”, in Brandon Michael Armstrong, Joshua Ross Kaufman, Justin Isaac Rubenstein, Patrick Nolen McHale (lyrics), <cite>Over the Garden Wall (Original Television Soundtrack)</cite>‎<sup><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFQAcogDYvs">[1]</a></sup>, performed by Jack Jones:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">How the gentle wind / <b>Beckons</b> through the leaves / As autumn colors fall</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Derived_terms">Derived terms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=beckon&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Derived terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="list-switcher" data-toggle-category="derived terms"><div class="columns-bg term-list ul-column-count" data-column-count="1"><ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/beckoner#English" title="beckoner">beckoner</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/unbeckoned#English" title="unbeckoned">unbeckoned</a></span></li></ul></div><div class="list-switcher-element" data-showtext=" show more ▼ " data-hidetext=" show less ▲ " style="display:none"> </div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Translations">Translations</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=beckon&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Translations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-to_wave_or_nod_to_somebody_with_the_intention_to_make_the_person_come_closer"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">to wave or nod to somebody with the intention to make the person come closer</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="to wave or nod to somebody with the intention to make the person come closer"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r81584270">.mw-parser-output .translations{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .translations-cell{background-color:var(--wikt-palette-lightyellow,#FFFFe0);vertical-align:top;text-align:left}</style> <ul><li>Arabic: <span class="Arab" lang="ar"><a href="/wiki/%D8%A3%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1#Arabic" title="أشار">أَشَارَ</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ar-Latn" class="tr Latn">ʔašāra</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Arab" lang="ar"><a href="/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A3#Arabic" title="أومأ">أَوْمَأَ</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ar.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A3" class="extiw" title="ar:أومأ">(ar)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ar-Latn" class="tr Latn">ʔawmaʔa</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Bulgarian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="bg"><a href="/wiki/%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BC#Bulgarian" title="кимвам">кимвам</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="bg-Latn" class="tr Latn">kimvam</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="bg"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BC&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="махвам (page does not exist)">махвам</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://bg.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BC" class="extiw" title="bg:махвам">(bg)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="bg-Latn" class="tr Latn">mahvam</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="bg"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BC_%D1%81_%D1%80%D1%8A%D0%BA%D0%B0&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="повиквам с ръка (page does not exist)">повиквам с ръка</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="bg-Latn" class="tr Latn">povikvam s rǎka</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Czech: <span class="Latn" lang="cs"><a href="/wiki/pokynout#Czech" title="pokynout">pokynout</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="perfective aspect">pf</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="cs"><a href="/w/index.php?title=k%C3%BDvnout&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="kývnout (page does not exist)">kývnout</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="perfective aspect">pf</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="cs"><a href="/w/index.php?title=pok%C3%BDvnout&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="pokývnout (page does not exist)">pokývnout</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="perfective aspect">pf</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="cs"><a href="/w/index.php?title=d%C3%A1t_znamen%C3%AD&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="dát znamení (page does not exist)">dát znamení</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="perfective aspect">pf</abbr></span></li> <li>Dutch: <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/wenken#Dutch" title="wenken">wenken</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/wenken" class="extiw" title="nl:wenken">(nl)</a></span></li> <li>Esperanto: <span class="Latn" lang="eo"><a href="/w/index.php?title=mansigni&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="mansigni (page does not exist)">mansigni</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="eo"><a href="/w/index.php?title=algesti&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="algesti (page does not exist)">algesti</a></span></li> <li>Finnish: <span class="Latn" lang="fi"><a href="/wiki/viittoa#Finnish" title="viittoa">viittoa</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/viittoa" class="extiw" title="fi:viittoa">(fi)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="fi"><a href="/wiki/viittil%C3%B6id%C3%A4#Finnish" title="viittilöidä">viittilöidä</a></span></li> <li>French: <span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/faire_signe#French" title="faire signe">faire signe</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/faire_signe" class="extiw" title="fr:faire signe">(fr)</a></span></li> <li>German: <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/w/index.php?title=heranwinken&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="heranwinken (page does not exist)">heranwinken</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/w/index.php?title=herbeiwinken&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="herbeiwinken (page does not exist)">herbeiwinken</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/winken#German" title="winken">winken</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/winken" class="extiw" title="de:winken">(de)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/zuwinken#German" title="zuwinken">zuwinken</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/zuwinken" class="extiw" title="de:zuwinken">(de)</a></span></li> <li>Gothic: <span class="Goth" lang="got"><a href="/wiki/%F0%90%8C%B1%F0%90%8C%B0%F0%90%8C%BD%F0%90%8C%B3%F0%90%8D%85%F0%90%8C%BE%F0%90%8C%B0%F0%90%8C%BD#Gothic" title="𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍅𐌾𐌰𐌽">𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍅𐌾𐌰𐌽</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="got-Latn" class="tr Latn"><a href="/wiki/bandwjan#Gothic" title="bandwjan">bandwjan</a></span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Greek: <span class="Grek" lang="el"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%CE%B3%CE%BD%CE%AD%CF%86%CF%89&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="γνέφω (page does not exist)">γνέφω</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://el.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CE%B3%CE%BD%CE%AD%CF%86%CF%89" class="extiw" title="el:γνέφω">(el)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="el-Latn" class="tr Latn">gnéfo</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span> <dl><dd>Ancient: <span class="Polyt" lang="grc"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E1%BC%80%CF%80%CE%BF%CF%83%CE%B7%CE%BC%CE%B1%CE%AF%CE%BD%CF%89&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ἀποσημαίνω (page does not exist)">ἀποσημαίνω</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="grc-Latn" class="tr Latn">aposēmaínō</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></dd></dl></li> <li>Hungarian: <span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/wiki/int#Hungarian" title="int">int</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/int" class="extiw" title="hu:int">(hu)</a></span></li> <li>Irish: <span class="Latn" lang="ga"><a href="/wiki/bagair#Irish" title="bagair">bagair</a></span></li> <li>Italian: <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/accennare#Italian" title="accennare">accennare</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/accennare" class="extiw" title="it:accennare">(it)</a></span></li> <li>Maori: <span class="Latn" lang="mi"><a href="/w/index.php?title=tungatunga&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="tungatunga (page does not exist)">tungatunga</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="mi"><a href="/w/index.php?title=tawhi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="tawhi (page does not exist)">tawhi</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="mi"><a href="/wiki/p%C5%8Dhiri#Maori" title="pōhiri">pōhiri</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="mi"><a href="/wiki/p%C5%8Dwhiri#Maori" title="pōwhiri">pōwhiri</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="mi"><a href="/wiki/t%C4%81whiri#Maori" title="tāwhiri">tāwhiri</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="mi"><a href="/w/index.php?title=p%C5%8Dwhiriwhiri&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="pōwhiriwhiri (page does not exist)">pōwhiriwhiri</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="mi"><a href="/w/index.php?title=p%C5%8Dhirihiri&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="pōhirihiri (page does not exist)">pōhirihiri</a></span></li> <li>Middle English: <span class="Latn" lang="enm"><a href="/wiki/bekenen#Middle_English" title="bekenen">bekenen</a></span></li> <li>Persian: <span class="Arab fa-Arab" lang="fa"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D8%A7%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA_%DA%A9%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%86&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="اشارت کردن (page does not exist)">اشارت کردن</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="fa-Latn" class="tr Latn">ešârat kardan</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Portuguese: <span class="Latn" lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/acenar#Portuguese" title="acenar">acenar</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/acenar" class="extiw" title="pt:acenar">(pt)</a></span></li> <li>Russian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B7%D1%8B%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8C#Russian" title="подзывать">подзыва́ть</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B7%D1%8B%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8C" class="extiw" title="ru:подзывать">(ru)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">podzyvátʹ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Scottish Gaelic: <span class="Latn" lang="gd"><a href="/wiki/sm%C3%A8id#Scottish_Gaelic" title="smèid">smèid</a></span></li> <li>Spanish: <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/llamar#Spanish" title="llamar">llamar</a> <a href="/wiki/con#Spanish" title="con">con</a> <a href="/wiki/se%C3%B1as#Spanish" title="señas">señas</a></span></li> <li>Swedish: <span class="Latn" lang="sv"><a href="/w/index.php?title=vinka_till&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="vinka till (page does not exist)">vinka till sig</a></span></li> <li>Ukrainian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="uk"><a href="/wiki/%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B8#Ukrainian" title="манити">мани́ти</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="uk-Latn" class="tr Latn">manýty</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="uk"><a href="/wiki/%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B8#Ukrainian" title="кивати">кива́ти</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="uk-Latn" class="tr Latn">kyváty</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-seem_attractive_and_inviting"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">seem attractive and inviting</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="seem attractive and inviting"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81584270"> <ul><li>Czech: <span class="Latn" lang="cs"><a href="/wiki/l%C3%A1kat#Czech" title="lákat">lákat</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://cs.wiktionary.org/wiki/l%C3%A1kat" class="extiw" title="cs:lákat">(cs)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="imperfective aspect">impf</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="cs"><a href="/wiki/v%C3%A1bit#Czech" title="vábit">vábit</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="imperfective aspect">impf</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="cs"><a href="/wiki/zv%C3%A1t#Czech" title="zvát">zvát</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://cs.wiktionary.org/wiki/zv%C3%A1t" class="extiw" title="cs:zvát">(cs)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="imperfective aspect">impf</abbr></span></li> <li>Esperanto: <span class="Latn" lang="eo"><a href="/wiki/logi#Esperanto" title="logi">logi</a></span></li> <li>German: <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/einladen#German" title="einladen">einladen</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/einladen" class="extiw" title="de:einladen">(de)</a></span></li> <li>Portuguese: <span class="Latn" lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/atrair#Portuguese" title="atrair">atrair</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/atrair" class="extiw" title="pt:atrair">(pt)</a></span></li> <li>Spanish: <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/atraer#Spanish" title="atraer">atraer</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/atraer" class="extiw" title="es:atraer">(es)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/llamar#Spanish" title="llamar">llamar</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/llamar" class="extiw" title="es:llamar">(es)</a></span></li> <li>Swedish: <span class="Latn" lang="sv"><a href="/wiki/locka#Swedish" title="locka">locka</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/locka" class="extiw" title="sv:locka">(sv)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="sv"><a href="/wiki/h%C3%A4gra#Swedish" title="hägra">hägra</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/h%C3%A4gra" class="extiw" title="sv:hägra">(sv)</a></span></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Noun">Noun</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=beckon&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">beckon</strong> (<i>plural</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en p-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/beckons#English" title="beckons">beckons</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li>A <a href="/wiki/sign" title="sign">sign</a> made without words; a <a href="/wiki/beck" title="beck">beck</a>. <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><i><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#c." title="Appendix:Glossary"><abbr title="circa">c.</abbr></a></i> <span class="None" lang="und"><b>1734</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_St_John,_1st_Viscount_Bolingbroke" class="extiw" title="w:Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke">Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke</a>, <cite>A Dissertation on Parties</cite>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">At the first <b>beckon</b>.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>2020</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abi_Dar%C3%A9" class="extiw" title="w:Abi Daré">Abi Daré</a>, <cite>The Girl With The Louding Voice</cite>, Sceptre, page <span class="None" lang="und">110</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">He turn to me, make a <b>beckon</b> with the key in his hand.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li> <li>A children's game similar to <a href="/wiki/hide_and_seek" title="hide and seek">hide and seek</a> in which children who have been "caught" may escape if they see another hider beckon to 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