'Courting' definitions:
Definition of 'courting'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Courting'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Words containing 'Courting'
- Court,
- Courted,
- Courtly,
- A friend at court,
- A friend in court,
- Christian court,
- Christian courts,
- Circuit court,
- City court,
- County court,
- Court breeding,
- Court card,
- Court circular,
- Court day,
- Court dress,
- Court fool,
- Court guide,
- Court hand,
- Court in banc,
- Court in bank,
- Court lands,
- Court marshal,
- Court of Arches,
- Court of Chancery,
- Court of Conscience,
- Court of Consience,
- Court of Equity,
- Court of Inquiry,
- Court of Marshalsea,
- Court of Peculiars,
- Court of Probate,
- Court of Requests,
- Court of Session,
- Court of cassation,
- Court of chivalry,
- Court of claims,
- Court of delegates,
- Court of honor,
- Court of justiciary,
- Court of record,
- Court of regard,
- Court party,
- Court rolls,
- Court tennis,
- Day in court,
- District court,
- Double court,
- Ecclesiastical courts,
- Fives court,
- General Court,
- Gray Court,
- Honor court,
- Hundred court,
- Inferior court,
- Inns of court,
- Instance Court,
- Lady court,
- Moot court,
- Norwood Court,
- Palace court,
- Parish court,
- Police court,
- Prerogative Court,
- Prize court,
- Probate Court,
- Racket court,
- Rolls of court,
- Single court,
- Spiritual court,
- Style of court,
- Suit court,
- Tennis court,
- The court of the Lord,
- To put out of court,
- appeals court,
- appellate court,
- badminton court,
- basketball court,
- coming into court,
- contempt of court,
- court favor,
- court favour,
- court game,
- court of appeals,
- court of assize,
- court of justice,
- court of law,
- court order,
- court plaster,
- courtly love,
- criminal court,
- divorce court,
- family court,
- federal court,
- food court,
- friend at court,
- friend of the court,
- handball court,
- high court,
- home court,
- juvenile court,
- kangaroo court,
- lower court,
- margaret court,
- military court,
- night court,
- provost court,
- royal court,
- squash court,
- superior court,
- supreme court,
- tourist court,
- traffic court,
- trailer court,
- trial court,
- volleyball court,
- world court,
- Base-court,
- Charlotte Court House,
- Chesterfield Court House,
- Court of Common pleas,
- Court of St James,
- Court of first instance,
- Court-baron,
- Court-craft,
- Court-cupboard,
- Court-leet,
- Court-martial,
- Court-martialed,
- Court-martialing,
- Court-plaster,
- Courts-martial,
- Field officer's court,
- Gray Court, SC,
- High commission court,
- Norwood Court, MO,
- To pay one's court,
- circuit court of appeals,
- court of domestic relations,
- court of saint james's,
- court-ordered,
- domestic relations court,
- international court of justice,
- monmouth court house,
- out-of-court settlement,
- state supreme court,
- Cape May Court House,
- Charlotte Court House, VA,
- Chesterfield Court House, VA,
- Drumhead court-martial,
- General court-martial,
- Vice-admiralty court,
- battle of monmouth court house,
- court of assize and nisi prius,
- foreign intelligence surveillance court,
- special court-martial,
- supreme court of the united states,
- united states supreme court,
- Cape May Court House, NJ