See courtship in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"text": "Our ſelfe and Buſhie, / Obſerued his courtſhip to the common people, / How he did ſeeme to diue into their harts, / With humble and familiar courteſie, / What reuerence he did throw away on ſlaues, [...]",
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"ref": "[1611?], Homer, “Book XV”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., The Iliads of Homer Prince of Poets. […], London: […] Nathaniell Butter, →OCLC; republished as The Iliads of Homer, Prince of Poets, […], new edition, volume I, London: Charles Knight and Co., […], 1843, →OCLC, page 51:",
"text": "So reverend Juno headlong flew, and 'gainst her stomach striv'd. / For (being amongst th' immortal gods, in high heaven, soon arriv'd, / All rising, welcoming with cups her little absence then) / She all their courtships overpast with solemn negligence, / Save that which fair-cheek'd Themis show'd, and her kind cup she took: [...]",
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"ref": "1641 May, John Milton, Of Reformation Touching Church-Discipline in England: And the Cavvses that hitherto have Hindred it; republished as Will Taliaferro Hale, editor, Of Reformation Touching Church-Discipline in England (Yale Studies in English; LIV), New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1916, →OCLC, 2nd book, page 62:",
"text": "The Magistrate whose Charge is to see to our Persons, and Estates, is to bee honour'd with a more elaborate and personall Courtship, with large Salaries and Stipends, that hee himselfe may abound in those things whereof his legall justice and watchfull care gives us the quiet enjoyment.",
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"text": "More validitie, / More honourable ſtate, more courtſhip liues / In carrion flyes, than Romeo: they may ſeaze / On the white wonder of faire Iuliets skinne, / And ſteale immortall kiſſes from her lips; / But Romeo may not, he is baniſhed.",
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"text": "Be merry, and employ your cheefeſt thoughts / To Courtſhip, and ſuch faire oſtents of loue, / As ſhall conueniently become you there.",
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"ref": "1712 January 9 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison], “SATURDAY, December 29, 1711”, in The Spectator, number 261; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume III, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853, →OCLC, page 301:",
"text": "The pleasantest part of a man's life is generally that which passes in courtship, provided his passion be sincere, and the party beloved kind with discretion.",
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"text": "The Magistrate whose Charge is to see to our Persons, and Estates, is to bee honour'd with a more elaborate and personall Courtship, with large Salaries and Stipends, that hee himselfe may abound in those things whereof his legall justice and watchfull care gives us the quiet enjoyment.",
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"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "act of paying court, that is, demonstrating such respect as is traditionally given at a court",
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"feminine"
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"word": "удво́рно̄ст"
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"sense": "act of paying court, that is, demonstrating such respect as is traditionally given at a court",
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"sense": "act of wooing a person to enter into a romantic relationship or marriage",
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"word": "жаніха́нне"
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"sense": "act of wooing a person to enter into a romantic relationship or marriage",
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"word": "уха́жване"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "act of wooing a person to enter into a romantic relationship or marriage",
"word": "求愛"
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"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "qiú'ài",
"sense": "act of wooing a person to enter into a romantic relationship or marriage",
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"code": "cs",
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"code": "cs",
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"sense": "act of wooing a person to enter into a romantic relationship or marriage",
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "act of wooing a person to enter into a romantic relationship or marriage",
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "act of wooing a person to enter into a romantic relationship or marriage",
"tags": [
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"word": "cour"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "act of wooing a person to enter into a romantic relationship or marriage",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "Brautwerbung"
},
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "act of wooing a person to enter into a romantic relationship or marriage",
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "act of wooing a person to enter into a romantic relationship or marriage",
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"word": "Liebeswerben"
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"code": "grc",
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"sense": "act of wooing a person to enter into a romantic relationship or marriage",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"sense": "act of wooing a person to enter into a romantic relationship or marriage",
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"sense": "act of wooing a person to enter into a romantic relationship or marriage",
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"alt": "きゅうあい",
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"sense": "act of wooing a person to enter into a romantic relationship or marriage",
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"code": "kk",
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"roman": "qūdalyq",
"sense": "act of wooing a person to enter into a romantic relationship or marriage",
"word": "құдалық"
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"alt": "求愛",
"code": "ko",
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"sense": "act of wooing a person to enter into a romantic relationship or marriage",
"word": "구애"
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"code": "mi",
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"sense": "act of wooing a person to enter into a romantic relationship or marriage",
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "act of wooing a person to enter into a romantic relationship or marriage",
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"sense": "act of wooing a person to enter into a romantic relationship or marriage",
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"code": "ru",
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"sense": "act of wooing a person to enter into a romantic relationship or marriage",
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"neuter"
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"code": "gd",
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"sense": "act of wooing a person to enter into a romantic relationship or marriage",
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"code": "sh",
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"sense": "act of wooing a person to enter into a romantic relationship or marriage",
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"neuter"
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"word": "удва́ра̄ње"
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"code": "sh",
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"code": "scn",
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"sense": "act of wooing a person to enter into a romantic relationship or marriage",
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"code": "sk",
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"sense": "act of wooing a person to enter into a romantic relationship or marriage",
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"sense": "act of wooing a person to enter into a romantic relationship or marriage",
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"sense": "act of wooing a person to enter into a romantic relationship or marriage",
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"code": "tl",
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"sense": "act of wooing a person to enter into a romantic relationship or marriage",
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"roman": "zalycjánnja",
"sense": "act of wooing a person to enter into a romantic relationship or marriage",
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"sense": "act of wooing a person to enter into a romantic relationship or marriage",
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"roman": "zalʹóty",
"sense": "act of wooing a person to enter into a romantic relationship or marriage",
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"word": "зальо́ти"
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"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "act of wooing a person to enter into a romantic relationship or marriage",
"word": "sự tán tỉnh"
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"code": "vi",
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"sense": "act of wooing a person to enter into a romantic relationship or marriage",
"word": "sự ve vãn"
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"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "period during which a couple fall in love before their marriage",
"word": "whakai"
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "period during which a couple fall in love before their marriage",
"word": "whakaipotanga"
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"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "period during which a couple fall in love before their marriage",
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"code": "sh",
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{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "period during which a couple fall in love before their marriage",
"word": "thời gian tìm hiểu"
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"code": "sh",
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"sense": "behaviour exhibited by a male animal to attract a mate",
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"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "behaviour exhibited by a male animal to attract a mate",
"word": "hành vi ve vãn"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "behaviour exhibited by a male animal to attract a mate",
"word": "hành vi tán tỉnh"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "act of trying to solicit a favour or support from someone",
"word": "sự nịnh nọt"
}
],
"word": "courtship"
}
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