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wooing |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Woo \Woo\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wooed}; p. pr & vb n. {Wooing}.] [OE. wowen, wo?en, AS w?gian, fr w?h bent, crooked, bad akin to OS w[=a]h evil, Goth. unwahs blameless, Skr. va?c to waver, and perhaps to E. vaccilate.] 1. To solicit in love; to court. Each like the Grecian artist, wooes The image he himself has wrought. --Prior. 2. To court solicitously; to invite with importunity. Thee, chantress, oft the woods among I woo, to hear thy even song. --Milton. I woo the wind That still delays his coming. --Bryant. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: wooing n : a man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage); "its was a brief and intense courtship" [syn: {courtship}, {courting}, {suit}]
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