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beck (n.)
late 14c., "mute signal," from noun use of
bekken
(v.), variant of
becnan
"to beckon" (see
beckon
). Transferred sense of "slightest indication of will" is from late 15c.
beck (v.)
c. 1300, shortening of
beckon
. (v.).