courtship, wooing, courting, suit
(noun) a man’s courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage); “its was a brief and intense courtship”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
wooing
present participle of woo
wooing (plural wooings)
A courting; the process by which somebody is wooed.
Source: Wiktionary
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
2 April 2025
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
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