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verb

Court v. t. (past & past part. courted; pres. part. courting)

To endeavor to gain the favor of by attention or flattery; to try to ingratiate one's self with. "By one person, hovever, Portland was still assiduously courted."

To endeavor to gain the affections of; to seek in marriage; to woo. "If either of you both love Katharina... Leave shall you have to court her at your pleasure."

To attempt to gain; to solicit; to seek. "They might almost seem to have courted the crown of martyrdom." "Guilt and misery... court privacy and solitude."

To invite by attractions; to allure; to attract. "A well-worn pathway courted us To one green wicket in a privet hedge."

Court v. i.

To play the lover; to woo; as, to go courting.

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Etymology of 'Courting'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Courting" Quotes from Famous Books

... Kristian Koppig strayed off, repeating the words for want of definite thought. All at once it occurred to him that at the ball he could make Madame John's acquaintance with impunity. "Was it courting sin to go?" By no means; he should, most likely, save a woman from trouble, and help ...

— Old Creole Days • George Washington Cable

... your chance with the girl and you've missed it," he said. "You've tried your fancy method of courting ...

— Jack O' Judgment • Edgar Wallace

... sought in every quarter. They would forget us in the heat of battle; yes, the success of the election, for the time, would be more important than our safety; unless we by our determined stand on our rights cause our weight to be felt, and satisfy both parties that they have nothing to gain by courting those who aim at our destruction. As far as this government is concerned, that is our only remedy. If we yield that, if we lower our stand to permit partisans to woo the aid of those who are striking at our interests, we shall commence a descent in which there ...

— Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 7 • Various

... of me!" in an anthology, we should suppose they were Suckling's—so admirably is the tone of feeling kept down to the limit of probable sincerity—which is a characteristic that the cavalier style of courting never loses. "The Star of Love" might stand as a selected specimen of all that is most exquisite in the songs of the "Trouveurs." "The Seasons of Love" is a charming effusion of gay, yet thoughtful sentiment. The song, "I never have been false to thee," is, of itself, sufficient to establish ...

— Poems • George P. Morris

... Mary Ann and Hanford would be taking the long walk back and forth together twice a day to the old school-house. She half envied them their happy, care-free life. She liked to think of the shy courting that she had often seen between scholars in the upper classes. Her imagination pleased itself sometimes when she was going to sleep, trying to picture out the school goings and home comings, and their sober talk. ...

— Marcia Schuyler • Grace Livingston Hill Lutz

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