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(krt), n.[OF. court, curt, cort, F. cour, LL. cortis, fr. L. cohors, cors, chors, gen. cohortis, cortis, chortis, an inclosure, court, thing inclosed, crowd, throng; co- + a root akin to Gr. chorto°s inclosure, feeding place, and to E. garden, yard, orchard. See Yard, and cf. Cohort, Curtain.] 1. An inclosed space; a courtyard; an uncovered area shut in by the walls of a building, or by different building; also, a space opening from a street and nearly surrounded by houses; a blind alley. The courts of the house of our God. Ps. cxxxv. 2. And round the cool green courts there ran a row Of cloisters. Tennyson. Goldsmith took a garret in a miserable court. Macaulay. 2. The residence of a sovereign, prince, nobleman, or other dignitary; a palace. Attends the emperor in his royal court. Shak. This our court, infected with their manners, Shows like a riotous inn. Shak. 3. The collective body of persons composing the retinue of a sovereign or person high in authority; all the s Court v. t.[imp. & p. p.Courted; p. pr. & vb. n.Courting.] 1. To endeavor to gain the favor of by attention or flattery; to try to ingratiate one's self with. By one person, hovever, Portland was still assiduously courted. Macaulay. 2. To endeavor to gain the affections of; to seek in marriage; to woo. If either of you both love Katharina . . . Leave shall you have to court her at your pleasure. Shak. 3. To attempt to gain; to solicit; to seek. They might almost seem to have courted the crown of martyrdom. Prescott. Guilt and misery . . . court privacy and solitude. De Quincey. 4. To invite by attractions; to allure; to attract. A well-worn pathway courted us To one green wicket in a privet hedge. Tennyson. Court v. i. 1. To play the lover; to woo; as, to go courting. Court n. Court of claims (Law), a court for settling claims against a state or government; specif., a court of the United States, created by act of Congress, and holding its sessions at Washington. It is given jurisdiction over claims on contracts against the government, and sometimes may advise the government as to its liabilities. スポンサード リンク
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