woo : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: woo	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for woo
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
woo v seek someone's favor; "China is wooing Russia" [syn: woo, court] make amorous advances towards; "John is courting Mary" Synonym(s): woo, court, romance, solicit
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Woo \Woo\, v. i. To court; to make love. --Dryden.