Courted
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Courted is an adjective meaning Romantically pursued; wooed.
Meaning
Romantically pursued; wooed.
More Meanings
- Enticed by attractions from those who wish one's favor or attention.
- Encouraged; sought-after.
- simple past and past participle of court
Example Sentences
He found himself ever a welcome and a courted guest, and happiness, so long a stranger from his breast, now faded not again.
'I think no one has been more courted than she,' she went on, 'but till quite lately she never cared seriously for anyone. […]'
And those circles to which a bon mot was the passport, could scarcely fail to be more agreeable than circles, in which, to be the most courted, it is sufficient to be the first-born.
Millamant, for her part, is conscious of her powerful position as a courted woman, noting that “One's cruelty is one's power; and when one parts with one's cruelty, one parts with one's power.”
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