wooing

  • 1Wooing — Woo 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.] [1913 Webster] 1. To… …

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  • 2Wooing Group — (Wohunge Group)    The Wooing Group (Wohunge Group) includes the title piece, loe Wohunge of ure Laured (The Wooing of Our Lord), On Lofsong of ure Loured (A Song of Praise Concerning Our Lord), On wel swu´?e God Ureisun of God Almihti (An… …

    Encyclopedia of medieval literature

  • 3wooing — Synonyms and related words: addresses, agacerie, allure, allurement, amorous pursuit, appeal, attraction, attractiveness, beguilement, beguiling, bewitchery, bewitchment, blandishment, cajolery, canvass, captivation, charisma, charm, charmingness …

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  • 4wooing — sb. Wright’s L. P. p. 28 …

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  • 5wooing — woo·ing || wuːɪŋ n. courting; courtship wuː v. court; run after; ask for, look for; bring upon oneself; persuade …

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  • 6wooing — n. Suit, courtship, addresses …

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  • 7wooing — noun a man s courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage) its was a brief and intense courtship • Syn: ↑courtship, ↑courting, ↑suit • Derivationally related forms: ↑court (for: ↑ …

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  • 8The Minister's Wooing — Infobox Book name = The Minister s Wooing title orig = translator = image caption = author = Harriet Beecher Stowe cover artist = country = United States language = English series = genre = Historical novel publisher = Derby and Jackson (first… …

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  • 9Rough wooing — Le rough wooing désigne la guerre anglo écossaise qui eut lieu par intermittence entre 1544 et 1551. Elle fut d abord dirigée par Henri VIII d Angleterre, du 9 novembre 1543 au 6 juin 1546, puis par son successeur, Edward Seymour, du 2 septembre… …

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  • 10The Rough Wooing — was a term coined by Sir Walter Scott and H. E. Marshall to describe the Anglo Scottish war pursued intermittently from 1544 to 1551. It followed from the failure of the Scots to honour the terms of the 1543 Treaty of Greenwich, by which the… …

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