woo

Meaning

1. To endeavor to gain someone's support.
2. (often of a man) To try to persuade (someone) to be in an amorous relationship with
3. To court solicitously; to invite with importunity.

court

attract

pay court to

make love to

ask in marriage

seek after

bind around

make advances

approach defiantly

make a play

make a pass

put the moves on

pressure someone for sex

seek in marriage

be after

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/wuː/

From Middle English wowen, woȝen, from Old English wōgian (“to woo, court, marry”), of uncertain origin. Cognate with Scots wow (“to woo”). Perhaps related to Old English wōg, wōh (“bending, crookedness”), in the specific sense of "bend or incline (some)one toward oneself". If so, then derived from Proto-Germanic *wanhō (“a bend, angle”), from Proto-Indo-European *wonk- (“crooked, bent”), from Proto-Indo-European *wā- (“to bend, twist, turn”); related to Old Norse vá (“corner, angle”).

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