taking

Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/ˈteɪkɪŋ/]

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1. taking (adj) — sense 1

Definition: Alluring; attractive.

Example: […] a Proteus-Devil appeared unto him, changing into Shapes, but fixing himself at last into the form of a Fair Woman. Strange, that Satan (so subtil in making his Temptations most taking) should preferre this form […]

2. taking (adj) — sense 2

Definition: Infectious; contagious.

Example: All the stor’d vengeances of heaven fall
On her ingrateful top! Strike her young bones,
You taking airs, with lameness!

3. taking (noun) — sense 3

Definition: The act by which something is taken.

Example: At the taking of the stockade he had distinguished himself greatly by the methodical ferocity of his fighting.

4. taking (noun) — sense 4

Definition: A seizure of someone's goods or possessions.

5. taking (noun) — sense 5

Definition: A state of mental distress, resulting in excited or erratic behavior (in the expression in a taking).

Example: What a taking was hee in, when your husband askt who was in the basket?

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