Crossword clues for courting
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Court \Court\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Courted; p. pr. & vb. n. Courting.]
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To endeavor to gain the favor of by attention or flattery; to try to ingratiate one's self with.
By one person, hovever, Portland was still assiduously courted.
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To endeavor to gain the affections of; to seek in marriage; to woo.
If either of you both love Katharina . . . Leave shall you have to court her at your pleasure.
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To attempt to gain; to solicit; to seek.
They might almost seem to have courted the crown of martyrdom.
--Prescott.Guilt and misery . . . court privacy and solitude.
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To invite by attractions; to allure; to attract.
A well-worn pathway courted us To one green wicket in a privet hedge.
--Tennyson.
Wiktionary
n. courtship; amorous advances vb. (present participle of court English)
WordNet
Usage examples of "courting".
Only a few weeks ago, she had said her daughter was much too young to have men courting her.
With Kyle away, I thought it only fitting that there be some man about your household to appraise this youngster who thinks to come courting our Malta!
Before Keffria had consented to Reyn courting her daughter, they had been promised that the young man would not offer her expensive gifts that might turn a young girl's head.
Were I a boy again and courting such a girl as Malta, I, too, would attempt to overwhelm her with gifts.
It pleases me to see Reyn courting a young woman who understands the necessity of living within one's means.
She didn't even know where to begin that tale, but the end of it was that a Rain Wild Trader was now courting Malta.
But it seemed to her more likely that Reyn had simply decided she wasn't worth the nuisance of courting her.
Ever since he began courting this Malta, she has done nothing but torment him.
Yesterday, one of Davad Restart's visitors had sought to distinguish herself by bragging the gossip that Reyn Khuprus of the Rain Wild Traders was actually already courting a young girl who was to be presented tonight.
Krion Trentor had put on weight since he had begun courting Riell Krell, and had lost his melancholy poetic face.
They sometimes looked as if someone very powerful was courting him-yet no one appeared to follow through on the invitation.
It was driving him to distraction, for even those acts that could be interpreted as "attacks" could have been part of a courting pattern.
The courting of mage-to-mage was sometimes an odd thing, as full of anger as desire .
We simply counterfeited something he would expect if that enemy of yours were courting or challenging him.
It should be very interesting to see the effect on the Tayledras if they had not moved by the time the true courting began .