Tak"ing (?), a. 1. Apt to take; alluring; attracting.

Subtile in making his temptations most taking.

2. Infectious; contageous. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

-- Tak"ing*ly, adv. -- Tak"ing*ness, n.

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!

3. Malign influence; infection. [Obs.] Shak.

Tak"ing (?), a. 1. Apt to take; alluring; attracting.

Subtile in making his temptations most taking.

2. Infectious; contageous. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

-- Tak"ing*ly, adv. -- Tak"ing*ness, n.

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!

3. Malign influence; infection. [Obs.] Shak.

• Present tense of to take.
  
• alluring; attractive.
  
• a seizure of someone's goods or posessions
  
• an apprehension.