a. 1. Apt to take; alluring; attracting. [ 1913 Webster ]
Subtile in making his temptations most taking. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. Infectious; contageous. [ Obs. ] Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]
-- Tak"ing*ly, adv. -- Tak"ing*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. 1. The act of gaining possession; a seizing; seizure; apprehension. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. Agitation; excitement; distress of mind. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
What a taking was he in, when your husband asked who was in the basket! Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
3. Malign influence; infection. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. 1. Removal; murder. See To take off (c), under Take, v. t. [ 1913 Webster ]
The deep damnation of his taking-off. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. (Print.) The removal of sheets from the press. [ Eng. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
3. Act of presenting a take-off, or burlesque imitation. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]