woo
verb (used with object)
to seek the favor, affection, or love of, especially with a view to marriage.
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
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I am wooing the sixth girl, the one at school.”
From Uncle's dream; And The Permanent Husband by Fyodor Dostoyevsky