Emily Dickinson Lexicon

WOO, v.t. [Sax. wogan, whence awogod, wooed.]

1. To court; to solicit in love. My proud rival wooes / Another partner to his throne and bed. – Phillips. Each, like the Grecian artist, wooes / The image he himself has wrought. – Prior.
2. To court solicitously; to invite with importunity. Thee, chantress, oft the woods among / I woo to hear thy even song. – Milton.