Noah Webster
Woo
WOO, verb transitive
1. To court; to solicit in love.
My proud rival wooes another partner to his throne and bed--
Each, like the Grecian artist, wooes the image he himself has wrought.
2. To court solicitously; to invite with importunity.
Thee, chantress, oft the woods among, I woo to hear thy even song.
WOO, verb intransitive To court; to make love.