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.]
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1. To solicit in love; to court.
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Each, like the Grecian artist, wooes
The image he himself has wrought. --Prior.
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2. To court solicitously; to invite with importunity.
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Thee, chantress, oft the woods among
I woo, to hear thy even song. --Milton.
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I woo the wind
That still delays his coming. --Bryant.
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Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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50 Moby Thesaurus words for "woo":
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
Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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