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Woo v. t. (past & past part. wooed; pres. part. wooing)

To solicit in love; to court. "Each, like the Grecian artist, wooes The image he himself has wrought."

To court solicitously; to invite with importunity. "Thee, chantress, oft the woods among I woo, to hear thy even song." "I woo the wind That still delays his coming."

Woo v. i. (past & past part. wooed; pres. part. wooing) To court; to make love.

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"Wooing" Quotes from Famous Books

... need now to send that written history with its request for fatherly care for Virgie, to Lawrence Bancroft. He had not a doubt as to the result of Sir William Heath's wooing. He was sure that Virgie loved him, and he was filled with a blessed content and fervent gratitude that so bright a future was opening before ...

— Virgie's Inheritance • Mrs. Georgie Sheldon

... time for ardent wooing on his part, no vacillation nor coyness on hers. He loved her with an absorbing passion—loved her for her wonderful physical beauty, and what she may have lacked in mind he ...

— Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Vol. 13 - Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Lovers • Elbert Hubbard

... thus, by trying to steal away my housekeeper," said Thorbiorn, scowling heavily. Olaf had no thanks for his kindness, and was ill received whenever he came; yet he came often to see Sigrid, for he loved her, and tried to persuade her to wed him. Thorbiorn hated him the more for his open wooing, which he ...

— Hero-Myths & Legends of the British Race • Maud Isabel Ebbutt

... enter into the particulars of my wooing. Gabriella lived upon a hato some distance below Valverde, and nearer to the desert of the Dead Man's Journey (Jornada del muerto)—of which no doubt you have heard mention. Her father was a hatero, ...

— The Wild Huntress - Love in the Wilderness • Mayne Reid

... would a-wooing go Gave a party, you must know; And his bride, dressed all in green, Looked as fine as any queen. Their reception numbered some Of the best in Froggiedom. Four gay froggies played the fiddle,— Hands all round, and ...

— The Nursery, February 1877, Vol. XXI. No. 2 - A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers • Various

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