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Webster 1913 Edition


Woo

Woo

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Wooed
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Wooing
.]
[OE.
wowen
,
wo[GREEK]en
, AS.
w[GREEK]gian
, fr.
w[GREEK]h
bent, crooked, bad; akin to OS.
wāh
evil, Goth. un
wahs
blameless, Skr.
va[GREEK]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.

Woo

,
Verb.
I.
To court; to make love.
Dryden.

Webster 1828 Edition


Woo

WOO

,
Verb.
T.
1.
To court; to solicit in love.
My proud rival wooes another partner to his throne and bed--
Each, like the Grecian artist, wooes the image he himself has wrought.
2.
To court solicitously; to invite with importunity.
Thee, chantress, oft the woods among, I woo to hear thy even song.

WOO

,
Verb.
I.
To court; to make love.