Woo
Woo , transitive verb
[Old English wowen, wo{not transcribed}en, Anglo-Saxon w{not transcribed}gian, from w{not transcribed}h bent, crooked, bad; akin to Old Saxon wāh evil, Gothic unwahs blameless, Sanskrit va{not transcribed}c to waver, and perhaps to English vaccilate.]
1.
To solicit in love; to court.
Each, like the Grecian artist, wooes
The image he himself has wrought.
2.
To court solicitously; to invite with importunity.
Thee, chantress, oft the woods among
I woo, to hear thy even song.
I woo the wind
That still delays his coming.
Woo , intransitive verb
To court; to make love. — Dryden