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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage);
- Example: "its was a brief and intense courtship"
[syn: courtship, wooing, courting, suit]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Court \Court\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Courted; p. pr. & vb. n. Courting.] 1. To endeavor to gain the favor of by attention or flattery; to try to ingratiate one's self with. [1913 Webster] By one person, hovever, Portland was still assiduously courted. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] 2. To endeavor to gain the affections of; to seek in marriage; to woo. [1913 Webster] If either of you both love Katharina . . . Leave shall you have to court her at your pleasure. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. To attempt to gain; to solicit; to seek. [1913 Webster] They might almost seem to have courted the crown of martyrdom. --Prescott. [1913 Webster] Guilt and misery . . . court privacy and solitude. --De Quincey. [1913 Webster] 4. To invite by attractions; to allure; to attract. [1913 Webster] A well-worn pathway courted us To one green wicket in a privet hedge. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

courting n 1: 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" [syn: courtship, wooing, courting, suit]