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woo'd

woo'd is the simple past and past participle of woo.

Meaning of woo

Verb

woo (third-person singular simple present woos, present participle wooing, simple past and past participle wooed)

  1. (transitive) To endeavor to gain someone's affection or support.
    • They're trying to woo the customers back with this new mobile plan.
  2. (transitive) Often of a man, to try to persuade (someone) to be in an amorous relationship with.
    • Soo leue we syr Launcelot lyenge within that caue in grete payne / and euery day ther came a lady & brouȝt hym his mete & his drynke / & wowed hym to haue layne by hym / and euer the noble knyghte syre Launcelot sayd her nay.
      "So leave we Sir Launcelot lying within that cave in great pain; and...1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur Book XIX, Chapter viii, leaf 393v
  3. (transitive) To court solicitously; to invite with importunity; to solicit in love.
    • Thee Chauntreſs oft the Woods among, / I woo to hear thy eeven Song;a. 1645, John Milton, “Il Penseroso”, in Poems of Mr. John Milton, […], London: […] Ruth Raworth for Humphrey Mosely, […], published 1646, →OCLC, page 39
    Synonyms:
    court

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Questions about woo'd

What is woo'd the simple past and past participle of?
Woo'd is the simple past and past participle of woo.

Words near woo'd in the dictionary

  1. woo gok
  2. woo hoo
  3. woo kok
  4. woo woo
  5. woo woos
  6. woo'd
  7. woo't
  8. woo-hoo
  9. woo-monger
  10. woo-mongers
  11. woo-woo

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