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Court

noun

1.

An assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business. Synonyms: judicature, tribunal.

2.

A room in which a lawcourt sits. Synonym: courtroom.

3.

The sovereign and his advisers who are the governing power of a state. Synonym: royal court.

4.

A specially marked horizontal area within which a game is played.

5.

Australian woman tennis player who won many major championships (born in 1947). Synonym: Margaret Court.

6.

The family and retinue of a sovereign or prince. Synonym: royal court.

7.

A hotel for motorists; provides direct access from rooms to parking area. Synonyms: motor hotel, motor inn, motor lodge, tourist court.

8.

A tribunal that is presided over by a magistrate or by one or more judges who administer justice according to the laws. Synonyms: court of justice, court of law, lawcourt.

9.

The residence of a sovereign or nobleman.

10.

An area wholly or partly surrounded by walls or buildings. Synonym: courtyard.

11.

Respectful deference. Synonym: homage.

verb

(past & past part. courted; pres. part. courting)

1.

Make amorous advances towards. Synonyms: romance, solicit, woo.

2.

Seek someone's favor. Synonym: woo.

3.

Engage in social activities leading to marriage.

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"Court" Quotes from Famous Books

... Zoe was standing in the shade. He stepped out. She darted into the room—passed like a flash of lightning by the startled Cethegus—flew down the stairs—through the court—through the vestibule—through the street. Steps, voices, lights, came fast and confusedly behind her; but with the speed of love and terror she gained upon her pursuers. She fled through the wilderness of unknown and dusky streets, till she found herself, breathless and exhausted, ...

— The Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches of Lord Macaulay, Vol. 1 (of 4) - Contibutions to Knight's Quarterly Magazine] • Thomas Babington Macaulay

... narrow, unfrequented street—a corner like an elbow—and, as seen from the exterior, there was nothing prepossessing to recommend it; but the outer door led by a short hall or passage to an inner door or grille, made of open ornamental iron-work, and through that we entered a court, or patio, as they I called it. Nothing could be more lovely or deliciously cool than was this small court. The building on each side was covered by trellis-work; and beautiful creepers, vines, and parasite flowers, now in the full magnificence of the early summer, grew up and clustered ...

— John Bull on the Guadalquivir from Tales from all Countries • Anthony Trollope

... indeed, by these local chiefs of the civil population throughout France during the war has been an honourable and arduous—in many cases a tragic—one. The murder, under the forms of a court-martial, of the Maire of Senlis and his five fellow hostages stands out among the innumerable German cruelties as one of peculiar horror. Everywhere in the occupied departments the Maire has been the surety ...

— Towards The Goal • Mrs. Humphry Ward

... little excited, poor fellow. And now let us return to what we were talking about. You say...." He broke off with an exclamation, and glanced at his watch. "Good Heavens! I had no idea of the time. I promised to run up and see a man in one of the offices in the next court. He wants to consult me on some difficulty which has arisen with one of his clients. Rightly or wrongly he values my advice. Can you spare me for a short while? I shan't be ...

— Three Men and a Maid • P. G. Wodehouse

... were, the inner court of the temple of which the Aberdonian Inquiry is the vestibule. But the vestibule is a more finished work of constructive skill than the inner court, for the aged architect appears at last as if ...

— Man or Matter • Ernst Lehrs

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