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courtship

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court·ship  (kôrtshp, krt-)
n.
1. The act, process, or period of courting.
2. Zoology Specialized behavior in animals that leads to or initiates mating.
courtship
Noun
the courting of an intended spouse or mate
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.courtshipcourtship - a man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage); "its was a brief and intense courtship"
courting, wooing, suit
appeal, entreaty, prayer - earnest or urgent request; "an entreaty to stop the fighting"; "an appeal for help"; "an appeal to the public to keep calm"
bundling - a onetime custom during courtship of unmarried couples occupying the same bed without undressing
courtship
noun wooing, courting, suit, romance, engagement, keeping company


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Casaubon, as might be expected, spent a great deal of his time at the Grange in these weeks, and the hindrance which courtship occasioned to the progress of his great work--the Key to all Mythologies--naturally made him look forward the more eagerly to the happy termination of courtship.
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The story of Doctor Reefy and his courtship of the tall dark girl who became his wife and left her money to him is a very curious story.
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The continuous moral irritation of his unhappy courtship--a courtship which had never advanced beyond the frigid familiarity of kissing Natalie's hand in the presence of others-- had physically deteriorated him.
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