[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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=ah 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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wooed wooing 

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