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| beck·on [ békən ] (past and past participle beck·oned, present participle beck·on·ing, 3rd person present singular beck·ons) |
transitive and intransitive verb |
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1. gesture to somebody to come: to signal to somebody to approach with a movement of the hand or head
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2. attract or tempt: to be an attraction or temptation to somebody
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| [ Old English bēcnan< Germanic] |
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  beck·on·er noun |
| beck·on·ing·ly adverb |
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