beacon
/ˈbiːkən/ verb C2- To act as a beacon.
- To give light to, as a beacon; to light up; to illumine.
- To furnish with a beacon or beacons.
He/she/it beacons · Past beaconed · Past participle beaconed · -ing form beaconing
Verb forms
- Base form
- beacon
- He/she/it
- beacons
- Past
- beaconed
- Past participle
- beaconed
- -ing form
- beaconing
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At seven o’clock in the evening all was ready, and at ten minutes past seven they doubled the lighthouse just as the beacon was kindled.
The sea was calm, and, with a fresh breeze from the south-east, they sailed beneath a bright blue sky, in which God also lighted up in turn his beacon lights, each of which is a world.
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