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ˈcare-ˌtaking, vbl. n.
(Also written as one word.)
[f. as prec. + -ing1.]
†a. Anxiety (obs.).
b. Taking care of, esp. in the sense of taking charge of a house, etc.
1625K. Long tr. Barclay's Argenis iv. viii. 266 Shee was very ill, both by caretaking and sicknesse. 1765Sterne Tr. Shandy VIII. xx, The want of caretaking of me. 1879‘E. Garrett’ House by Works I. 174 There will be none to send to market but that caretaking woman. 1883A. Thomas Mod. Housewife 139 To rely solely upon..‘trusty’ servants, or care-taking models. 1895Atlantic Monthly July 61 The feeding and care-taking inseparable from life in the nest.
So care-taking ppl. a., that takes care, careful.
1825in Cobbett Rur. Rides (1885) II. 12 Industrious and care-taking creatures reduced to beggary by bank-paper. |