beacon

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Etymology [edit]

Middle English beken, from Old English bēacen (“sign, signal”), from Proto-Germanic *baukną (cf. West Frisian beaken (“buoy”), Dutch baken (“beacon”), Middle High German bouchen (“sign”)), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂u-, *bʰeh₂- (“to shine”). More at fantasy.

Noun [edit]

beacon (plural beacons)

  1. A signal fire to notify of the approach of an enemy, or to give any notice, commonly of warning or guiding.
  2. (nautical) A signal or conspicuous mark erected on an eminence near the shore, or moored in shoal water, as a guide to mariners.
  3. A high hill or other easily distinguishable object near the shore which can serve as guidance for seafarers.
  4. That which gives notice of danger.

Translations [edit]

signal fire
signaling or guiding mark erected as guide to mariners
high hill or similar
that which warns

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Verb [edit]

beacon (third-person singular simple present beacons, present participle beaconing, simple past and past participle beaconed)

  1. To act as a beacon.
  2. To give light to, as a beacon; to light up; to illumine.
    That beacons the darkness of heaven. — Campbell.
  3. To furnish with a beacon or beacons.
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