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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
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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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