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woo
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wu
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verb (used with object)
1.
to seek the favor, affection, or
love
of, especially with a view to
marriage
.
Synonyms:
court, pursue, chase.
2.
to seek to win:
to woo fame.
Synonyms:
cultivate.
3.
to invite (consequences, whether good or bad) by one's own action; court:
to woo one's own destruction.
4.
to seek to persuade (a person, group, etc.), as to do something; solicit; importune.
Synonyms:
petition, sue, address, entreat; butter up.
verb (used without object)
5.
to seek the affection or love of someone, usually a woman; court:
He was reminded of his youth when he went wooing.
6.
to solicit favor or approval; entreat:
Further attempts to woo proved useless.
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Origin:
before 1050;
Middle English
wowe,
Old English
wōgian
Related forms
woo·er,
noun
woo·ing·ly,
adverb
un·wooed,
adjective
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World English Dictionary
woo
(wuː)
—
vb
,
woos
,
wooing
,
wooed
1.
to seek the affection, favour, or love of (a woman) with a view to marriage
2.
(
tr
) to seek after zealously or hopefully:
to woo fame
3.
(
tr
) to bring upon oneself (good or evil results) by one's own action
4.
(
tr
) to beg or importune (someone)
[Old English
wōgian,
of obscure origin]
'wooer
—
n
'wooing
—
n
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
woo
O.E. wogian, of uncertain origin and with no known cognates; perhaps related to woh, wog- "bent, inclined," as with affection.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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American Heritage
Idioms & Phrases
woo
see
pitch woo
.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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Example sentences
Few doubt that it will use all its skill and muscle to reduce prices and
woo
shoppers.
Flowers evolved many colors to
woo
and nectar, an additional lure.
In the world of birds some species adopt similar aerial displays to
woo
their
mates.
But to build the new facilities they need, the two universities must
woo
large
donors, too.
But all the yelling and screaming and
woo
-
woo
ing becomes grating.
As you can see, not a believer or
woo
-meister in the bunch.
But it is also because real-world agents
woo
customers by offering refunds for cancelled trips and generally going the extra mile.
The toy retailer also is competing to
woo
shoppers early.
Those that push the
woo
would tell you that isn't possible.
The article is generally dismissive of the
woo
, but does take a step or two into their alternate universe.
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Ye shy recluses, follow too!"
-Matthew Arnold
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