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| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : woo |
| Phonetic Transcription : wu |
Definition of woo
Origin :- Old English wogian, of uncertain origin and with no known cognates; perhaps related to woh, wog- "bent, inclined," as with affection.
- verb seek as romantic partner
- Death, which in any case awaits our friends, we woo to them by anticipations of demise.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
- He had not come back to woo, but as the old friend, ambitious of helpfulness.
- Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
- If he were so entirely preoccupied with this creature, he would not woo me.
- Extract from : « A Comedy of Marriage and Other Tales » by Guy De Maupassant
- In vain they woo him with their beauteous eyes and breath of perfume.
- Extract from : « Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII. No. 5. May 1848 » by Various
- I am to woo a man before he will pay me the homage of civility.
- Extract from : « Scaramouche » by Rafael Sabatini
- You will not need to woo the fair but to endure the enforcement of their loving suit.
- Extract from : « Hiero » by Xenophon
- That will I be in good sooth if only you can woo and win me.
- Extract from : « The Memorabilia » by Xenophon
- From Alba and Spain, and the far-off isles of Greece, kings came to woo her.
- Extract from : « Irish Fairy Tales » by Edmond Leamy
- Still, against odds, he had determined to woo and win Carey.
- Extract from : « David Dunne » by Belle Kanaris Maniates
- Even on his eider-down bed he could not woo sleep—how then on a prison pallet?
- Extract from : « Dreamers of the Ghetto » by I. Zangwill
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