March 27, 2008

From Dictionary.com:

woo (wōō)
v. wooed, woo·ing, woos v. tr.
To seek the affection of with intent to romance.
To seek to achieve; try to gain.
To tempt or invite.
To entreat, solicit, or importune. v. intr. To court a woman.


wooing
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"



SO, it is "to court a woman", not the other way round.... ....

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