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Pronunciation : Bea"con
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [OE. bekene, AS. be?cen, b; akin to OS. b, Fries. baken, beken, sign, signal, D. baak, OHG. bouhhan, G. bake; of unknown origin. Cf. Beckon.]
Definition : 1. A signal fire to notify of the approach of an enemy, or to give any notice, commonly of warning. No flaming beacons cast their blaze afar. Gay.

2. 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 near the shore. [Prov. Eng.]

4. That which gives notice of danger. Modest doubt is called The beacon of the wise. Shak. Beacon fire, a signal fire.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Bea"con
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : 1. To give light to, as a beacon; to light up; to illumine. That beacons the darkness of heaven. Campbell.

2. To furnish with a beacon or beacons.

t. [imp. & p. p. Beaconed (p. pr. & vb. n. Beaconing.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913