Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - woo
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Woo
woo
verb Etymology: Middle English wowen, from Old English wogian Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. to sue for the affection of and usually marriage with ; court 2. to solicit or entreat especially with importunity ~ new customers 3. to seek to gain or bring about intransitive verb to court a woman • ~er noun
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1.
v.tr. (woos, wooed) 1 court; seek the hand or love of (a woman). 2 try to win (fame, fortune, etc.). 3 seek the favour or support of. 4 coax or importune. Derivatives wooable adj. wooer n. Etymology: OE wogian (intr.), awogian (tr.), of unkn. orig. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
2.
1. книж. ухаживать; добиваться руки (девушки) 2. книж. добиваться, искать (чего-л.) to woo fame —- гнаться за славой to woo death —- искать смерти to woo the muses —- служить музам to woo slumber (one's pillow) —- стараться заснуть 3. книж. обхаживать; уговаривать, умолять to woo smb. to compliance —- добиться чьего-л. согласия to woo smb. to do smth. —- уговорить кого-л. сделать что-л. to woo the audience —- пытаться расположить к себе аудиторию ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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4.
(woos, wooing, wooed) 1. If you woo people, you try to encourage them to help you, support you, or vote for you, for example by promising them things which they would like. They wooed customers by offering low interest rates... They are trying to woo back electoral support. VERB: V n, V n with adv • wooing This election has been marked so far by the candidates’ wooing of each other’s traditional political bases. N-UNCOUNT: oft poss N, N of n 2. If a man woos a woman, he spends time with her and tries to persuade her to marry him. (OLD-FASHIONED) The penniless author successfully wooed and married Fanny. = court VERB: V n • wooing ...the hero’s wooing of his beautiful cousin Roxanne. N-UNCOUNT: oft poss N, N of n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
5.
~ v 1 to try to persuade someone to buy something from you, vote for you etc (The politicians will be wooing the voters before the election.) 2 old-fashioned to try to persuade a woman to love you and marry you - wooer n ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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8.
- O.E. wogian, of uncertain origin and with no known cognates; perhaps related to woh, wog- "bent, inclined," as with affection. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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