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[syn: courtship, wooing, courting, suit]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Courtship \Court"ship\ (k?rt"sh?p), n.
1. The act of paying court, with the intent to solicit a
favor. --Swift.
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2. The act of wooing in love; solicitation of woman to
marriage.
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This method of courtship, [by which] both sides are
prepared for all the matrimonial adventures that are
to follow. --Goldsmith.
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3. Courtliness; elegance of manners; courtesy. [Obs.]
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Trim gallants, full of courtship and of state.
--Shak.
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4. Court policy; the character of a courtier; artifice of a
court; court-craft; finesse. [Obs.]
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She [the Queen] being composed of courtship and
Popery. --Fuller.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
courtship
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]