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beckon | british |

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)
  • (ambitransitive) To wave and/or to nod to somebody with the intention to make the person come closer.
  • * Dryden
  • His distant friends, he beckons near.
  • * Shakespeare
  • It beckons you to go away with it.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A sign made without words; a beck.
  • * Bolingbroke
  • At the first beckon .

    british

    English

    Alternative forms

    * Brittish (archaic)

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • 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.
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • 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.
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