Definitions for woos

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woos woo

Spelling: [woo]

IPA: /wu/

Woos is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 17 anagrams from letters in woos (oosw).

Definitions for woos

verb (used with object)

1. to seek the favor, affection, or love of, especially with a view to marriage. Synonyms: court, pursue, chase.
2. to seek to win: Synonyms: cultivate.
3. to invite (consequences, whether good or bad) by one's own action; court:
4. to seek to persuade (a person, group, etc.), as to do something; solicit; importune. Synonyms: petition, sue, address, entreat; butter up.

verb (used without object)

1. to seek the affection or love of someone, usually a woman; court:
2. to solicit favor or approval; entreat:

Origin of woos

before 1050; Middle English wowe, Old English wōgian

Examples for woos

It wakens or warns, threatens or gladdens, and woos him back to slumberland.

It is not character but incident that woos us out of our reserve.

He woos her, I swear he woos her, curses on his mother's grave!

She woos and is wooed and has no other inducement to bind herself than her own free will.

If the owl is a sober and wise bird he forgets all about it when he woos his mate.

He woos Alexandra, but he is rebuffed by her two older brothers, who distrust any man who has seen the world beyond Nebraska.

He woos a beauty, and the chivalry of France shall witness his triumph.

He woos her with tales of his fraught relationship with Queen Isabella of Spain and his love of the open ocean.

Yet he woos her with the same devotion which a lover shows to his mistress.

Olivia woos him as she has wooed Cesario, but with better fortune.