Woo , v. i. To court; to make love.
Dryden.
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.
wāh 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.
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