Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to beck
Participle: becked
Gerund: becking
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | beck |
| you | beck |
| he;she;it | becks |
| we | beck |
| you | beck |
| they | beck |
Perfect
| I | have becked |
| you | have becked |
| he;she;it | has becked |
| we | have becked |
| you | have becked |
| they | have becked |
Past
| I | becked |
| you | becked |
| he;she;it | becked |
| we | becked |
| you | becked |
| they | becked |
Pluperfect
| I | had becked |
| you | had becked |
| he;she;it | had becked |
| we | had becked |
| you | had becked |
| they | had becked |
Future
| I | will beck |
| you | will beck |
| he;she;it | will beck |
| we | will beck |
| you | will beck |
| they | will beck |
Future Perfect
| I | will have becked |
| you | will have becked |
| he;she;it | will have becked |
| we | will have becked |
| you | will have becked |
| they | will have becked |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | beck |
| you | beck |
| he;she;it | beck |
| we | beck |
| you | beck |
| they | beck |
Perfect
| I | have becked |
| you | have becked |
| he;she;it | have becked |
| we | have becked |
| you | have becked |
| they | have becked |
Imperfect
| I | becked |
| you | becked |
| he;she;it | becked |
| we | becked |
| you | becked |
| they | becked |
Pluperfect
| I | had becked |
| you | had becked |
| he;she;it | had becked |
| we | had becked |
| you | had becked |
| they | had becked |
Conditional
Present
| I | would beck |
| you | would beck |
| he;she;it | would beck |
| we | would beck |
| you | would beck |
| they | would beck |
Perfect
| I | would have becked |
| you | would have becked |
| he;she;it | would have becked |
| we | would have becked |
| you | would have becked |
| they | would have becked |
Imperative
| you | beck |
| we | Let's beck |
| you | beck |
Verbs conjugated like 'beck'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'beck'
back,
beak,
belk,
bleck,
buck,
deck,
feck,
geck,
keck,
neck,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1382, "mute signal," from
bekken (v.), var. of
becnan "to beckon" (see beckon). Transferred sense of "slightest indication of will" is from 1470.
2. From Middle English bekken, a shortened form of Middle English bekenen, from Old English bēcnan, bēacnian (“to signify; beckon”), from Proto-West Germanic *baukn, from Proto-Germanic *baukną (“beacon”). More at beacon. See: Middle English '
bekenen'.
Sample Sentences
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When gold and silver becks me to come on. [c. 1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iii]:]
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I'll buy so many acres of old Scotland and call them by the Lockerby's name; and I'll have nobles and great men come bowing and becking to David Lockerby as they do to Alexander Gordon. [1896, Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr, Winter Evening Tales:]
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The becking waiter, that with wreathed smiles, wont to spread for Samuel and Bozzy their "supper of the gods," has long since pocketed his last sixpence; and vanished, sixpence and all, like a ghost at cock-crowing. [1881, Various, The Best of the World's Classics, Vol. V (of X) - Great Britain and Ireland III:]