Definitions
signal with the hands or nod
Word origin
From Middle English bekenen, beknen, becnen, beknien, from Old English bēacnian, bēcnian, bīecnan (“to signal; beckon”), from Proto-West Germanic *bauknōn, *bauknijan (“to signal”), from *baukn (“signal; beacon”). Cognate with Old Saxon bōknian, Old High German bouhnen, Old Norse bákna. More at beacon.
Used in a sentence
“His distant friends, he beckons near.”
“It beckons you to go away with it.”
“How the gentle wind / Beckons through the leaves / As autumn colors fall”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Signal closer”6 letters
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