\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.

\Woo\, v. i.
To court; to make love. --Dryden.