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. wāh evil, Goth. unwahs blameless, Skr. va?c to waver, and perhaps to E. 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, v. i. To court; to make love. Dryden.