WOOED

Verb

wooed

simple past tense and past participle of woo

Anagrams

• Ewood, woode

Source: Wiktionary


WOO

Woo, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wooed; p. pr. & vb. n. Wooing.] Etym: [OE. wowen, wo, AS. w, fr. w bent, crooked, bad; akin to OS. wah evil, Goth. unwahs blameless, Skr. va 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. Prior.

2. To court solicitously; to invite with importunity. Thee, chantress, oft the woods among I woo, to hear thy even song. Milton. I woo the wind That still delays his coming. Bryant.

Woo, v. i.

Definition: To court; to make love. Dryden.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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