wooing : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: wooing	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for wooing
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
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" Synonym(s): courtship, wooing, courting, suit
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[be]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.