to court is a form of:
Court
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- (FIGURATIVE) នាំឲ្យ, ធ្វើឲ្យ
noun
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- (A courtyard, a yard surrounded by houses, an enclosed area for certain games, a short street, courtship, wooing, a judge or judges a place where trials are held, a judicial assembly, residence of a king or other sovereign, royal palace) លាន, ធ្លា, ព្រះរាជវាំង, សាលាតុលាការជាន់ខ្ពស់, ផ្លូវច្រក (បន្ទប់ដាក់គ្រែដេក, ចន្លោះពីគ្រែទៅជញ្ជាំង) pay court to ចែចង marble court ទីធ្លា
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- (ច្បាប់) តុលាការក្រុមព្រះរាជវាំងចៅក្រម
verb — past tense: courted ; past participle: courted ; present participle: courting ;
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- (TRANSITIVE) (To seek the favor of, to woo, to try to win in marriage, to try to get; to seek; to invite. -the Court of St. Jame's the royal court of England) ចែចង់, បញ្ជោរយកប្រយោជន៍, សុំ, ទទូចសុំ
Example: Bolt Court, Tennis Court, King's Court; at the court of King James.
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
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- 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.
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- The residence of a sovereign, prince, nobleman, or ether dignitary; a palace.
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- 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.
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- Any formal assembling of the retinue of a sovereign; as, to hold a court.
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- Attention directed to a person in power; conduct or address designed to gain favor; courtliness of manners; civility; compliment; flattery.
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- The hall, chamber, or place, where justice is administered.
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- 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.
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- A tribunal established for the administration of justice.
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- The judge or judges; as distinguished from the counsel or jury, or both.
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- The session of a judicial assembly.
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- Any jurisdiction, civil, military, or ecclesiastical.
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- A place arranged for playing the game of tennis; also, one of the divisions of a tennis court.
verb — past tense: courted ; past participle: courted ; present participle: courting ;
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- (TRANSITIVE) To endeavor to gain the favor of by attention or flattery; to try to ingratiate one's self with.
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- (TRANSITIVE) To attempt to gain; to solicit; to seek.
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- (TRANSITIVE) To invite by attractions; to allure; to attract.
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- (INTRANSITIVE) To play the lover; to woo; as, to go courting.
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- (TRANSITIVE) To endeavor to gain the affections of; to seek in marriage; to woo.