wooed  /w'ud/

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資料來源(1): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  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.]
     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.