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| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : woo |
| Phonetic Transcription : wu |
Definition of wooing
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
- The wooing on Shakespeare's side was nothing but pastime, though it led to marriage.
- Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
- It is all concerned with the wooing of young Adonis by Venus, an older woman.
- Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
- The letter was most courteous, most complimentary, most wooing.
- Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- And yet, on my first wooing her, I had to listen to a 'No' of the most determined character.
- Extract from : « Freeland » by Theodor Hertzka
- One summer there came a wooing of Effie a most excellent gentleman.
- Extract from : « Graham's Magazine Vol. XXXII No. 2. February 1848 » by Various
- Not a flower that bloomed the same: the roses differed in the fashion of their wooing.
- Extract from : « Abbe Mouret's Transgression » by Emile Zola
- Sometimes I have half a mind to skip off and do my wooing myself.
- Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine
- I was to go about the wooing of Mademoiselle de Lavedan as I chose.
- Extract from : « Bardelys the Magnificent » by Rafael Sabatini
- She had known what his wooing meant, and it hadn't been what she wanted.
- Extract from : « The Vagrant Duke » by George Gibbs
- This young King did not go about his wooing after the manner of people that you and I know.
- Extract from : « Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) » by Various
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