Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

            By one person, hovever, Portland was still
            assiduously courted.                  --Macaulay.

   2. 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.
                                                  --Shak.

   3. To attempt to gain; to solicit; to seek.

            They might almost seem to have courted the crown of
            martyrdem.                            --Prescott.

            Guilt and misery . . . court privacy and silitude.
                                                  --De Quincey.

   4. To invite by attractions; to allure; to attract.

            A well-worn pathway courted us To one green wicket
            in a privet hedge.                    --Tennyson.