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Webster's 1828 DictionaryWOO, v.t. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)v Merriam Webster'sverb Etymology: Middle English wowen, from Old English w?gian Date: before 12th century Oxford Reference Dictionaryv.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 DictionaryWoo Woo, v. i. To court; to make love. --Dryden. Webster's 1913 DictionaryWoo 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
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