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Word entry · 6 letters

beckon

Best crossword clue

"Signal closer"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈbɛkən/Part of speech verbSorted bceknoStarts with BEnds with N1 cluesCommon crossword word
1B2E3C4K5O6N

Definitions

  1. 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

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