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Thesaurus: woo

To solicit in love; to court.

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  1. v. t. To solicit in love; to court.
  2. v. t. To court solicitously; to invite with importunity.
  3. v. i. To court; to make love.
  4. v. seek someone's favor
  5. v. make amorous advances towards
  6. 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. To court; to make love. Dryden.
  7. To court; to make love. Dryden.
  8. v:100 v. seek someone's favor v. make amorous advances towards