/ wuː; NAmE / verb [ vn ]
1.
to try to get the support of sb :
Voters are being wooed with promises of lower taxes.
2.
( old-fashioned ) ( of a man ) to try to persuade a woman to love him and marry him
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WORD ORIGIN
late Old English wōgian (intransitive), āwōgian (transitive), of unknown origin.