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woo

  [woo]
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–verb (used with object)
1. to seek the favor, affection, or love of, esp. with a view to marriage.
2. to seek to win: to woo fame.
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.
–verb (used without object)
5. to make love to a woman; court: He went wooing.
6. to solicit favor or approval; entreat: Further attempts to woo proved useless.
Origin:
bef. 1050; ME wowe, OE wōgian

Related forms:
wooer, noun
woo⋅ing⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
4. petition, sue, address, entreat.
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woo   (wōō)   
v.   wooed, woo·ing, woos

v.   tr.

  1. To seek the affection of with intent to romance.

    1. To seek to achieve; try to gain.

    2. To tempt or invite.

  3. To entreat, solicit, or importune.

v.   intr.
To court a woman.

[Middle English wowen, from Old English wōgian.]
woo'er n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

woo  (v.)
O.E. wogian, of uncertain origin and with no known cognates; perhaps related to woh, wog- "bent, inclined," as with affection.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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