Hypertext Webster Gateway: "woo"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Woo \Woo\, v. i.
To court; to make love. --Dryden.
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) 1.7 (wn)
woo
v 1: seek someone's favor; "China is wooing Russia" [syn: {court}]
2: make amorous advances towards; "John is courting Mary" [syn:
{court}, {romance}, {solicit}]
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