woo
see also: Woo
Pronunciation Verb
Woo
Proper noun Synonyms
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see also: Woo
Pronunciation Verb
woo (woos, present participle wooing; past and past participle wooed)
- (transitive) To endeavor to gain someone's support.
- (transitive) (often of a man) To try to persuade (someone) to be in an amorous relationship with
- Each, like the Grecian artist, wooes / The image he himself has wrought.
- 1593, [William Shakespeare], Venvs and Adonis, London: Imprinted by Richard Field, […], OCLC 837166078 ↗, [verse 17 ↗]; 2nd edition, London: Imprinted by Richard Field, […], 1594, OCLC 701755207 ↗, lines [97–100]:
- I haue beene wooed, as I intreat thee now, / Euen by the ſterne, and direfull God of warre, / VVhoſe sinewy#English|ſinowie necke in battel ne'er#English|nere did bow, / VVho conquers where he comes in euery jar#English|iarre; {{...}
- (transitive) To court solicitously; to invite with importunity.
- a. 1645, John Milton, “Il Penseroso”, in Poems of Mr. John Milton, […] , London: Printed by Ruth Raworth for Humphrey Moſely, […], published 1645, OCLC 606951673 ↗, page 39 ↗:
- Thee Chauntreſs oft the Woods among, / I woo to hear thy eeven Song;
- I woo the wind / That still delays his coming.
- (to solicit in love) court; see also Thesaurus:woo
- French: courtiser, faire la cour
- German: den Hof machen, umwerben
- Italian: corteggiare
- Portuguese: cortejar
- Russian: уха́живать
- Spanish: cortejar, (Chile, informal) pololear, (Chile, slang) jotear, doñear
woo
- Alternative form of woo woo#English|woo woo
woo
- Alternative form of woo woo#English|woo woo
Woo
Proper noun Synonyms
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