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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Woo

/wo͞o/ · IPA /wuː/
01 v. t. To solicit in love; to court.
imp. & p. p. Wooed; p. pr. & vb. n. Wooing
  1. 1.
    To solicit in love; to court.
    “Each, like the Grecian artist, wooes The image he himself has wrought.” — Prior.
  2. 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.
02 v. i. To court; to make love.
  1. 1.
    To court; to make love.