WOO

woo. Woo, v. to court, make love to, sue, entreat, ask

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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. 1. To solicit in love; to court.
Each, like the Grecian artist, wooes The image he himself has wrought. Prior. 2. 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.