'Beckon' definitions:

Definition of 'beckon'

verb

Signal with the hands or nod; "She waved to her friends"; "He waved his hand hospitably" [syn: beckon, wave]

verb

Appear inviting; "The shop window decorations beckoned"

verb

Summon with a wave, nod, or some other gesture

From: GCIDE

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. [1913 Webster]
His distant friends, he beckons near. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
It beckons you to go away with it. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

From: GCIDE

Beckon \Beck"on\, n. A sign made without words; a beck. "At the first beckon." --Bolingbroke. [1913 Webster]