Definition of Courtship

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Courtship

The act of paying court, with the intent to solicit a favor.

The act of wooing in love; solicitation of woman to marriage.

Courtliness; elegance of manners; courtesy.

Court policy; the character of a courtier; artifice of a court; court-craft; finesse.

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Courtship Quotations

They dream in courtship, but in wedlock wake.
Alexander Pope

Men dream of courtship, but in wedlock wake.
Alexander Pope

Those Marriages generally abound most with Love and Constancy, that are preceded by a long Courtship.
Joseph Addison

Courtship is to marriage, as a very witty prologue to a very dull play.
William Congreve

Courtship consists in a number of quiet attentions, not so pointed as to alarm, nor so vague as not to be understood.
Laurence Sterne

This is courtship all the world over - the man all tongue; the woman all ears.
Emily Murphy

Almost nothing is known from hybridization studies about the inheritance of courtship behavior of females, or of their responsiveness to particular male signals.
Peter R. Grant

Flattery in courtship is the highest insolence, for whilst it pretends to bestow on you more than you deserve, it is watching an opportunity to take from you what you really have.
Sarah Fielding

It's hard to learn about your parents' courtship.
Michael Reagan

Plumage features constitute a major component of courtship signals.
Peter R. Grant

Courtship Translations

courtship in German is Werbung
courtship in Spanish is cortejo

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