wooed, ppl. a.
(wuːd)
[f. woo v.1 + -ed1.]
That is courted by a lover. Also absol.
| 1582 Bentley Mon. Matrones Pref. B 1 b, The wooed woman not to be by anie meanes cosined or abused in marriage. 1891 Le Gallienne Retrosp. Rev. (1896) I. 13 A wooer at a certain hot moment entreats the wooed: ‘Will you, I ask once more, show your belief in me by letting me encircle you with my arm?’ |