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Definition of Beckons
1. beckon [v] - See also: beckon
Lexicographical Neighbors of Beckons
Literary usage of Beckons
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Life of James J. Hill by Joseph Gilpin Pyle (1917)
"CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR AGAIN THE ORIENT beckons OF THE many and varied activities
of Mr. Hill at this period, two are especially pronounced. ..."
2. Art and Artists. by Rosswell William Haskins (1851)
"man, and free as the spirit that beckons him onward, in his career of greatness,
and true glory. The world—at least the modern world—has ever been a great ..."
3. The Dawn in Britain by Charles Montagu Doughty (1906)
"Him-seems, she beckons mild. Him-thinks he hears, In every place, (bidding him
send for Joseph!) Rosmerta's voice. In vision he THE CHRIST Beheld, ..."
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