beckon
verbEtymology
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.
Definitions
To wave or nod to somebody with the intention to make the person come closer.
- His distant friends, he beckons near.
- It beckons you to go away with it.
To seem attractive and inviting.
- How the gentle wind / Beckons through the leaves / As autumn colors fall
A sign made without words
A sign made without words; a beck.
- At the first beckon.
- He turn to me, make a beckon with the key in his hand.
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A children's game similar to hide and seek in which children who have been "caught" may…
A children's game similar to hide and seek in which children who have been "caught" may escape if they see another hider beckon to them.
The neighborhood
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at beckon. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at beckon. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
7 hops · closes at beckon
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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