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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

WOO, v.t.
1. To court; to solicit in love.
My proud rival wooes another partner to his throne and bed--
Each, like the Grecian artist, wooes the image he himself has wrought.
2. To court solicitously; to invite with importunity.
Thee, chantress, oft the woods among, I woo to hear thy even song.
WOO, v.i. To court; to make love.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: seek someone's favor; "China is wooing Russia" [syn: woo, court]
2: make amorous advances towards; "John is courting Mary" [syn: woo, court, romance, solicit]

Merriam Webster's

verb Etymology: Middle English wowen, from Old English w?gian Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. to sue for the affection of and usually marriage with ; court 2. to solicit or entreat especially with importunity <woo new customers> 3. to seek to gain or bring about intransitive verb to court a woman • wooer noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. (woos, wooed) 1 court; seek the hand or love of (a woman). 2 try to win (fame, fortune, etc.). 3 seek the favour or support of. 4 coax or importune. Derivatives: wooable adj. wooer n. Etymology: OE wogian (intr.), awogian (tr.), of unkn. orig.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Woo Woo, v. i. To court; to make love. --Dryden.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(woos, wooing, wooed) 1. If you woo people, you try to encourage them to help you, support you, or vote for you, for example by promising them things which they would like. They wooed customers by offering low interest rates... They are trying to woo back electoral support. VERB: V n, V n with adv • wooing This election has been marked so far by the candidates' wooing of each other's traditional political bases. N-UNCOUNT: oft poss N, N of n 2. If a man woos a woman, he spends time with her and tries to persuade her to marry him. (OLD-FASHIONED) The penniless author successfully wooed and married Fanny. = court VERB: V n • wooing ...the hero's wooing of his beautiful cousin Roxanne. N-UNCOUNT: oft poss N, N of n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. v. a. Court, solicit in love, make love to, pay one's addresses to. II. v. n. Court, make love.

Moby Thesaurus

address, allure, angle for, bait, bait the hook, beau, bid for, bill and coo, blandish, cajole, canvass, chase, coax, court, decoy, draw, draw in, draw on, ensnare, entice, esquire, fish for, flirt, flirt with, follow, give the come-on, inveigle, lay siege to, lead on, look for, lure, make suit to, make up to, offer bait to, pay attention to, pay court to, pop the question, pursue, rope in, seduce, seek, serenade, solicit, spark, squire, suck in, sue, sue for, swain, sweetheart