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courtship [ˈkɔːtʃɪp] n
1. the act, period, or art of seeking the love of someone with intent to marry 2. the seeking or soliciting of favours 3. Obsolete courtly behaviour ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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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. 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. 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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