Wooed

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Woo \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. w[=a]h evil, Goth. unwahs
     blameless, Skr. va?c to waver, and perhaps to E. vaccilate.]
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     1. To solicit in love; to court.


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              Each, like the Grecian artist, wooes
              The image he himself has wrought.     --Prior.
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     2. To court solicitously; to invite with importunity.
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              Thee, chantress, oft the woods among
              I woo, to hear thy even song.         --Milton.
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              I woo the wind
              That still delays his coming.         --Bryant.
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