How to pronounce“beacon”in English
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Definitions of “beacon”
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, / The dreadful Signal of invaſive VVar.”
A signal, buoy, post, or other conspicuous mark erected on an eminence near the shore, or moored in shoal water, as a guide to mariners, particularly to warn vessels of danger.
“Henceforth, wherever thou may’st roam, / My blessing, like a line of light, / Is on the waters day and night, / And like a beacon guards thee home.”
To act as a beacon.
To give light to, as a beacon; to light up; to illumine.
“That beacons the darkness of heaven.”
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