Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Beckon

Beckon , transitive verb

To make a significant sign to; hence, to summon, as by a motion of the hand.
His distant friends, he beckons near. — Dryden
It beckons you to go away with it. — Shakespeare

Beckon , noun

A sign made without words; a beck.
At the first beckon. — Bolingbroke