By one person, hovever, Portland was still
assiduously courted. --Macaulay.
2. To endeavor to gain the affections of; to seek in
marriage; to woo.
If either of you both love Katharina . . . leave
shall you have to court her at your pleasure.
--Shak.
3. To attempt to gain; to solicit; to seek.
They might almost seem to have courted the crown of
martyrdem. --Prescott.
Guilt and misery . . . court privacy and silitude.
--De Quincey.
4. To invite by attractions; to allure; to attract.
A well-worn pathway courted us To one green wicket
in a privet hedge. --Tennyson.