WOO

[verb] [T] he/she/it woos, wooing, past wooed - to attempt to obtain the support of (someone) by persuasionThe party has been trying to woo the voters with promises of electoral reform.After graduating, bright students are often wooed away from science and engineering to jobs in business and finance.The airline has been offering discounted tickets to woo passengers away from their competitors.(dated) If a man woos a woman, he gives her a lot of attention in an attempt to persuade her to marry him.She decided to accept his offer of marriage after he wooed her for months with flowers and expensive presents.The novel centers around an American heiress who is wooed by a hard-up actor who is planning to murder her for her fortune.