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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
appeal, attract, be attractive, bid, call, engage, fetch, gesticulate, gesture, interest, invite, mime, motion, motion to, pantomime, saw the air, shrug, shrug the shoulders, signal, summon, tantalize, tease, tempt, tickle, titillate, wave the arms, whet the appetite
Dictionary Results for beckon:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
beckon
    v 1: signal with the hands or nod; "She waved to her friends";
         "He waved his hand hospitably" [syn: beckon, wave]
    2: appear inviting; "The shop window decorations beckoned"
    3: summon with a wave, nod, or some other gesture
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Beckon \Beck"on\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Beckoned (?); p. pr. &
   vb. n. Beckoning.]
   To make a significant sign to; hence, to summon, as by a
   motion of the hand.
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         His distant friends, he beckons near.    --Dryden.
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         It beckons you to go away with it.       --Shak.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Beckon \Beck"on\, n.
   A sign made without words; a beck. "At the first beckon."
   --Bolingbroke.
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