Seeking, light and air, and endowed with more strength than man or his works, they soar above the lower deposit to greet one another with branches and beckoning leaves, and to build a city for the birds.
E. M. Forster, A Passage to India
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Merriam-Webster
— attractive or inviting : APPEALING
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Macmillan
— to signal to someone to come towards you
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Collins
— If you beckon to someone, you signal to them to come to you.
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Other Word Forms
beckon
beckoned
beckons
Usage
1 use of ‘beckoning’ in A Passage to India, by E. M. Forster