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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Woo \Woo\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wooed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Wooing.] [OE. wowen, wo?en, AS. w?gian, fr. w?h bent,
crooked, bad; akin to OS. w[=a]h evil, Goth. unwahs
blameless, Skr. va?c to waver, and perhaps to E. vaccilate.]
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1. To solicit in love; to court.
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Each, like the Grecian artist, wooes
The image he himself has wrought. --Prior.
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2. To court solicitously; to invite with importunity.
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Thee, chantress, oft the woods among
I woo, to hear thy even song. --Milton.
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I woo the wind
That still delays his coming. --Bryant.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Woo \Woo\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wooed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Wooing.] [OE. wowen, wo?en, AS. w?gian, fr. w?h bent,
crooked, bad; akin to OS. w[=a]h evil, Goth. unwahs
blameless, Skr. va?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.
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
wooed
vb.
(infl of en woo ed-form)
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
wooed
vb.
(infl of en woo ed-form)
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
wooed
vb.
(infl of en woo ed-form)
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
wooed
vb.
(infl of en woo ed-form)
From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
wooed
Engelska a.
(avledning en woo ordform=perfpart)
Engelska vb.
(böjning en verb woo)
From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]Wooed /wˈuːd/ سعى لكسبFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
wooed /wˈuːd/
umworben, geworben, den Hof gemacht, sich um jds. Zuneigung bemüht, Avancen gemacht, gefreit, gebuhlt, courtisiert
Synonyms: courted, made advances
see: court sb., woo sb., make advances to sb., courting, wooing, making advances
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
wooed /wˈuːd/
umworben, hofiert, sich um jds. Gunst bemüht, um die Gunst vgebuhlt
Synonyms: wooed the support, wooed support, sought the support, sought the favour, tried to win
see: woo sb., woo the support of sb., woo support from sb., seek the support of sb., seek the favour of sb., try to win sb., wooing, wooing the support, wooing support, seeking the support, seeking the favour, trying to win
From IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]/ˈwud/