Category:Woo

Woo, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wooed; p. pr. & vb. n. Wooing.] Etym: [oe. Wowen, wo, as. w, fr. w bent, crooked, bad; akin to os. wah evil, Goth. unwahs blameless, skr. va 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 Woo, v. i.

Defn: to court; to make love. Dryden.