WOO, verb transitive 1. To court; to solicit in love. My proud rival wooes another partner to his throne and bed-- 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. WOO, verb intransitive To court; to make love.
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