Definition of Beckoning

1. Verb. (present participle of beckon) ¹

2. Adjective. That beckons ¹

3. Noun. Such a wave or similar action ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Beckoning

1. beckon [v] - See also: beckon

Lexicographical Neighbors of Beckoning

beck and call
becke
becked
becker
becker antigen
beckers
beckes
becket
becket bend
beckets
becking
beckon
beckoned
beckoner
beckoners
beckoning
beckonings
beckons
becks
beclad
beclam
beclamor
beclamored
beclamoring
beclamors
beclap
beclasp
beclasped
beclasping
beclasps

Literary usage of Beckoning

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare (1912)
"... summon the 'carious actors by going to steps, beckoning and being tlie general guides. Each actor as he comes on looks supremely humourous and bobs. ..."

2. The Songs and Music of Friedrich Froebel's Mother Play (Mutter und Kose by Friedrich Fröbel (1895)
"Beckoning THE PIGEONS. SEE the pretty pigeons, coming, love, to meet yon! Little dimpled hand, can yon learn to say, " I greet yon ? ..."

3. Ceylon: A General Description of the Island, Historical, Physical by Horatio John Suckling (1876)
"... is named the "beckoning crab," from the circumstance of its raising the claw with a fancied beckoning gesture towards persons who go near or pursue them ..."

4. The Songs and Music of Friedrich Froebel's Mother Play (Mutter und Kose Lieder) by Friedrich Fröbel, Susan Elizabeth Blow (1895)
"-g |J«L Beckoning THE PIGEONS. POULSSON. Arranged from KAUL REINECKE, by ELEANOR SMITH. —I 1 1 Oh, call the pig . eons, ba-by dear. ..."

5. Barnaby Rudge by Charles Dickens (1884)
"with a fervour that was quite affecting; and John, beckoning his guards to go before, bowed himself out of the room, and left him to his rest in the ..."

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