Taking

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·adj Infectious; contageous.

II. Taking ·noun Malign influence; infection.

III. Taking ·adj Apt to take; alluring; attracting.

IV. Taking ·noun Agitation; excitement; distress of mind.

V. Taking ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of Take.

VI. Taking ·noun The act of gaining possession; a seizing; seizure; apprehension.