Tak"ing (?), a.
1.
Apt to take; alluring; attracting.
Subtile in making his temptations most taking.
Fuller.
2.
Infectious; contageous.
[Obs.]
Beau. & Fl.
-- Tak"ing*ly, adv. -- Tak"ing*ness, n.
© Webster 1913.
Tak"ing, n.
1.
The act of gaining possession; a seizing; seizure; apprehension.
2.
Agitation; excitement; distress of mind.
[Colloq.]
What a taking was he in, when your husband asked who was in the basket!
Shak.
3.
Malign influence; infection.
[Obs.]
Shak.
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