Courted (5)
I believe the answer is:
wooed
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">courted</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">('woo' can be a synonym of 'court')</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for wooed that I've seen before include "Sought the love of" , "Courted" , "Pursued" .)