woo /wuː/ BrE AmE verb [transitive]
[ Language: Old English ; Origin: wogian ]
1 . to try to persuade someone to do something such as buy something from you, vote for you, or work for you – used in news reports:
the Party’s efforts to woo working class voters
2 . old-fashioned to try to persuade a woman to love you and marry you SYN court