Woo v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wooed p. pr. & vb. n. Wooing.]
  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.