courting
kawr ting
- n a man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage)
- v make amorous advances towards
John is courting Mary - v seek someone's favor
- v engage in social activities leading to marriage
We were courting for over ten years
- Announcement was made by way of Paris that Tsar Boris of Bulgaria is about to make the annually projected courting tour of Europe in search of a bride.
- Some of them suggested that Barbara Baekeland, a social-climbing former model who gave her son smother love but no stability, had been courting her own death.
- And she's courting traditional retailers so people can buy new things, not just garage-sale-type stuff.