court

v. seek to please, flatter; woo, seek to gain the affections of

n. yard; law court; king's palace; king's attendants; formal reception; area where basketball or tennis is played

A court is a public forum used by a power base to adjudicate disputes and dispense civil, labour, administrative and criminal justice under its laws. In common law and civil law states, courts are the central means for dispute resolution, and it is generally understood that all persons have an ability to bring their claims before a court. Similarly, those accused of a crime have the right to present their defense before a court.
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adv. short, abruptly

adj. short, brief, little

n. court, yard

v. run, race, hurry, trot; drive, course

n. court, yard; law court, king's palace; king's attendants; formal reception; area where basketball or tennis is played

(n.)
A place arranged for playing the game of tennis; also, one of the divisions of a tennis court.
  

(n.)
A tribunal established for the administration of justice.
  

(n.)
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.
  

(n.)
Any formal assembling of the retinue of a sovereign; as, to hold a court.
  

(n.)
Any jurisdiction, civil, military, or ecclesiastical.
  

(n.)
Attention directed to a person in power; conduct or address designed to gain favor; courtliness of manners; civility; compliment; flattery.
  

(n.)
The collective body of persons composing the retinue of a sovereign or person high in authority; all the surroundings of a sovereign in his regal state.
  

(n.)
The hall, chamber, or place, where justice is administered.
  

(n.)
The judge or judges; as distinguished from the counsel or jury, or both.
  

(n.)
The persons officially assembled under authority of law, at the appropriate time and place, for the administration of justice; an official assembly, legally met together for the transaction of judicial business; a judge or judges sitting for the hearing or trial of causes.
  

(n.)
The residence of a sovereign, prince, nobleman, or ether dignitary; a palace.
  

(n.)
The session of a judicial assembly.
  

(v. i.)
To play the lover; to woo; as, to go courting.
  

(v. t.)
To attempt to gain; to solicit; to seek.
  

(v. t.)
To endeavor to gain the affections of; to seek in marriage; to woo.
  

(v. t.)
To endeavor to gain the favor of by attention or flattery; to try to ingratiate one's self with.
  

(v. t.)
To invite by attractions; to allure; to attract.