Beckon vs British - What's the difference?
beckon | british |
(ambitransitive) To wave and/or to nod to somebody with the intention to make the person come closer.
* Dryden
* Shakespeare
With the , the citizens or inhabitants of Britain collectively.
With the , the citizens or inhabitants of the United Kingdom collectively.
(history) The ancient inhabitants of the southern part of Britain before the Anglo-Saxon invasion, also called ancient Britons.
The Celtic language of the ancient Britons
The British English language.
Of Britain (meaning the British Isles)
Of the United Kingdom.
Of the Commonwealth of Nations, or the British Empire.
(historical) Of the ancient inhabitants of the southern part of Britain; Brythonic.
Of British English.
As a verb beckon
is to wave and/or to nod to somebody with the intention to make the person come closer.As a noun beckon
is a sign made without words; a beck.As a proper noun British is
with the, the citizens or inhabitants of Britain collectively.As an adjective British is
of Britain (meaning the British Isles.beckon
English
Verb
(en verb)- His distant friends, he beckons near.
- It beckons you to go away with it.