courted English
Verb
(head)
(court)
court English
Noun
( en noun)
An enclosed space; a courtyard; an uncovered area shut in by the walls of a building, or by different building; also, a space opening from a street and nearly surrounded by houses; a blind alley.
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* (1809-1892)
- And round the cool green courts there ran a row / Of cloisters.
* (1800-1859)
- Goldsmith took a garret in a miserable court .
# A street with no outlet, a cul-de-sac.
(label) Royal society.
# The residence of a sovereign, prince, nobleman, or ether dignitary; a palace.
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#* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
- This our court , infected with their manners, / Shows like a riotous inn.
# The collective body of persons composing the retinue of a sovereign or person high in authority; all the surroundings of a sovereign in his regal state.
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#* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
- My lord, there is a nobleman of the court at door would speak with you.
#* Sir (Walter Scott) (1771-1832)
- Love rules the court , the camp, the grove.
# Any formal assembling of the retinue of a sovereign.
#* (1800-1859)
- The princesses held their court within the fortress.
Attention directed to a person in power; conduct or address designed to gain favor; courtliness of manners; civility; compliment; flattery.
* (Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)
- No solace could her paramour entreat / Her once to show, ne court , nor dalliance.
* (John Evelyn) (1620-1706)
- I went to make my court to the Duke and Duchess of Newcastle.
(label) The administration of law.
# The hall, chamber, or place, where justice is administered.
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# The persons officially assembled under authority of law, at the appropriate time and place, for the administration of justice; an official assembly, legally met together for the transaction of judicial business; a judge or judges sitting for the hearing or trial of causes.
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#* {{quote-news, date=21 August 2012, first=Ed, last=Pilkington, newspaper=The Guardian
, title= Death penalty on trial: should Reggie Clemons live or die?
, passage=Next month, Clemons will be brought before a court presided over by a "special master", who will review the case one last time. The hearing will be unprecedented in its remit, but at its core will be a simple issue: should Reggie Clemons live or die?}}
# A tribunal established for the administration of justice.
# The judge or judges; as distinguished from the counsel or jury, or both.
# The session of a judicial assembly.
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# Any jurisdiction, civil, military, or ecclesiastical.
(label) A place arranged for playing the games of tennis, basketball, squash, badminton, volleyball and some other games; also, one of the divisions of a tennis court.
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*{{quote-book, year=1935, author= George Goodchild
, title=Death on the Centre Court, chapter=5
, passage=By one o'clock the place was choc-a-bloc. […] The restaurant was packed, and the promenade between the two main courts' and the subsidiary ' courts was thronged with healthy-looking youngish people, drawn to the Mecca of tennis from all parts of the country.}}
Derived terms
* contempt of court
* court case
* court fight
* court jester
* courtroom
* hold court
* in court
* out-of-court
Verb
( en verb)
To seek to achieve or win.
- He was courting big new accounts that previous salesman had not attempted.
* Prescott
- They might almost seem to have courted the crown of martyrdom.
* De Quincey
- Guilt and misery court privacy and solitude.
To risk (a consequence, usually negative).
- He courted controversy with his frank speeches.
To try to win a commitment to marry from.
* Shakespeare
- If either of you both love Katharina / Leave shall you have to court her at your pleasure.
To engage in behavior leading to mating.
- The bird was courting by making an elaborate dance.
To attempt to attract.
* Macaulay
- By one person, hovever, Portland was still assiduously courted .
To attempt to gain alliance with.
To engage in activities intended to win someone's affections.
- She's had a few beaus come courting .
To engage in courtship behavior.
- In this season, you can see many animals courting .
To invite by attractions; to allure; to attract.
* Tennyson
- A well-worn pathway courted us / To one green wicket in a privet hedge.
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courter English
Noun
( en noun)
One who courts; one who plays the lover, or solicits in marriage.
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( Webster 1913)
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