Definition of Beckoned

1. Verb. (past of beckon) ¹

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Definition of Beckoned

1. beckon [v] - See also: beckon

Lexicographical Neighbors of Beckoned

bechics
bechignoned
beck
beck and call
becke
becked
becker
becker antigen
beckers
beckes
becket
becket bend
beckets
becking
beckon
beckoned (current term)
beckoner
beckoners
beckoning
beckonings
beckons
becks
beclad
beclam
beclamor
beclamored
beclamoring
beclamors
beclap
beclasp

Literary usage of Beckoned

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

1. The Æneid of Virgil by Virgil (1910)
"While favoring breezes beckoned us to sea, And swelled the waiting canvas as they blew. Then to the prophet-priest I made this prayer: " Offspring of Troy, ..."

2. Edwin Booth by Laurence Hutton, Edwin Booth (1893)
"crs, watched and cheered by his loving daughter and a few old friends, until, at last, early on the morning of the 7th of June, Death beckoned him away, ..."

3. Selections from the Writings of Walter Savage Landor by Walter Savage Landor (1856)
"ready to follow where they are beckoned, and look keenly into the darkness they are about to penetrate. It has been my fortune to love, in general, ..."

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