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- [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.
1913 webster
1. to solicit in love; to court.
1913 webster
each, like the grecian artist, wooes
the image he himself has wrought. --prior.
1913 webster
2. to court solicitously; to invite with importunity.
1913 webster
thee, chantress, oft the woods among
i woo, to hear thy even song. --milton.
1913 webster
i woo the wind
that still delays his coming. --bryant.
1913 webster
see also:
wooed wooing
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
wooing
n : a man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a
woman usually with the hope of marriage; "its was a
brief and intense courtship" syn: courtship, courting,
suit
see also:
courtship courting suit
- [3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
50 moby thesaurus words for "wooing":
addresses, agacerie, allure, allurement, amorous pursuit, appeal,
attraction, attractiveness, beguilement, beguiling, bewitchery,
bewitchment, blandishment, cajolery, canvass, captivation,
charisma, charm, charmingness, come-hither, court, courting,
enchantment, enthrallment, enticement, entrapment, fascination,
flirtation, forbidden fruit, gallantry, glamour, inducement,
interest, inveiglement, invitation, magnetism, seducement,
seduction, seductiveness, serenade, sex appeal, snaring,
solicitation, suing, suit, tantalization, temptation, winning ways,
winsomeness, witchery
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