courting : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: courting	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for courting
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
courting 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]:
Court \Court\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Courted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Courting}.] 1. To endeavor to gain the favor of by attention or flattery; to try to ingratiate one's self with. By one person, hovever, Portland was still assiduously courted. --Macaulay. 2. To endeavor to gain the affections of; to seek in marriage; to woo. If either of you both love Katharina . . . leave shall you have to court her at your pleasure. --Shak. 3. To attempt to gain; to solicit; to seek. They might almost seem to have courted the crown of martyrdem. --Prescott. Guilt and misery . . . court privacy and silitude. --De Quincey. 4. To invite by attractions; to allure; to attract. A well-worn pathway courted us To one green wicket in a privet hedge. --Tennyson.