Woo

v. t. [imp. & p. p. WOOED; p. pr. & vb. n. WOOING.] [A-S. wōgian, from wōg, wōh, wō, a bending, wōh, bent.] 1. To solicit in love; to court. My proud rival wooes Another partner to his throne and bed. Philips. 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.

To court; to make love. Dryden.