- 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.
- 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.
- To attempt to gain; to solicit; to seek.They might almost seem to have courted the crown of martyrdom.Guilt and misery . . . court privacy and solitude.
- To invite by attractions; to allure; to attract.A well-worn pathway courted us To one green wicket in a privet hedge.
