Woo (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wooed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Wooing.] [OE. wowen, woen, AS. wgian, fr. wh bent, crooked, bad; akin to OS. wah evil, Goth. unwahs blameless, Skr. vac 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.
© Webster 1913.
Woo, v. i.
To court; to make love.
Dryden.
© Webster 1913.