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To make a gesture with the hand, arm, or head
“She would beckon at me to come and sit by her side.”
To appear attractive or inviting
“Wherever they occur on earth, high places and remote places beckon and enchant us.”
To urge someone to do something
“Sometimes the leprechauns would hop up on to my window ledge and beckon to me to go outside.”
To draw near (figuratively)
“Perhaps the deceased executives did not think death would beckon so soon.”
To order (someone) to be present or to go to a given location
To give an authoritative or peremptory order
Plural for a sign or signal in the form of a nod, sometimes figuratively
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