wooing

wooing
    n 1: a man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a
         woman (usually with the hope of marriage); "its was a brief
         and intense courtship" [syn: {courtship}, {wooing},
         {courting}, {suit}]
    

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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50 Moby Thesaurus words for "wooing":
      addresses, agacerie, allure, allurement, amorous pursuit, appeal,
      attraction, attractiveness, beguilement, beguiling, bewitchery,
      bewitchment, blandishment, cajolery, canvass, captivation,
      charisma, charm, charmingness, come-hither, court, courting,
      enchantment, enthrallment, enticement, entrapment, fascination,
      flirtation, forbidden fruit, gallantry, glamour, inducement,
      interest, inveiglement, invitation, magnetism, seducement,
      seduction, seductiveness, serenade, sex appeal, snaring,
      solicitation, suing, suit, tantalization, temptation, winning ways,
      winsomeness, witchery