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takingn.

Brit. /ˈteɪkɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈteɪkɪŋ/
Forms: see take v. and -ing suffix1; also Middle English takeyng, Middle English–1600s takeing, Middle English–1600s takeinge; Scottish pre-1700 takein, pre-1700 takeing, pre-1700 tokyng.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: take v., -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < take v. + -ing suffix1.
I. The action or fact of taking something or someone, and related senses.
1.
a. The action or an act of acquiring, receiving, accepting, adopting, or partaking of something (see take v. III.).The exact sense of quot. c1230 is uncertain, though the reference is to Christ's Incarnation.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > taking > [noun]
nimmingOE
takingc1230
betakingc1449
take1589
scavenge1978
the mind > possession > taking > taking possession > [noun]
takingc1230
occupationa1325
prehension1880
c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 23 (MED) Ase wis as i þe ilke flesch þet he [sc. Jesus Christ] toc of þe [sc. the Virgin Mary] nes neauer sunne, ne i þin, as me leueð, efter þe ilke tacunge [?c1225 Cleo. tacnunge; a1250 Nero nimunge], hwet se biuore were.
c1350 in Anglia (1906) 29 408 Noght two þowheþer, is bot Crist an. On noht þurght wending of godhede in fflesshe, Bot þurght takyng of manhede in god-nesshe.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 28578 Þirkin sinnes..ar..for-giuen, Wit worthi taking o þe fode O godds aun fles and blode.
a1425 (?c1384) J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1871) III. 345 Aftir takyng of þe Holi Goost.
1505 in I. S. Leadam Select Cases Star Chamber (1903) I. 221 The Town of Glowcestre is fre of all customs and takynges at Worcestre aforeseide.
a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 147 Eftir geving I speik of taking... In taking sowld discretioun be.
1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection ii. sig. Ovv Be nat dronken through ouermoch takyng of wyne.
1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. I. ii. iii. sig. J.ij/2 They of olde time did cleare themselues of heinous suspicions by taking of an othe.
1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan ii. xxii. 122 A taking of the Sword out of the hand of the Soveraign.
1656 H. Phillippes Purchasers Pattern (1676) 1 The letting and taking of Leases.
1660 A. Wood Life & Times (1891) I. 359 Their taking of notes at sermons.
1723 B. Mandeville Search Nature of Society in Fable Bees (ed. 2) i. 415 The taking of Snuff and smoaking of Tobacco.
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Accumulation The taking of several degrees together, and with fewer exercises, or nearer to each other, than the ordinary rules allow of.
1839 Connecticut Common School Jrnl. Aug. 6/1 Such donations are not, as is sometimes claimed, the taking of money from one class to bestow exclusively upon another.
1893 J. A. Hodges Elem. Photogr. (1907) 115 The taking of portraits.
1896 Law Times 100 408/1 The date of the taking of the census..was correctly stated.
1919 H. Shaw Text-bk. Aeronaut. xviii. 208 A considerable interval of time is allowed to elapse between the taking of the observations.
1962 Times 7 May 11/7 The taking of cannabis does not at the moment present the Home Office with anything like a serious problem.
1993 National Ballet Mag. (Toronto) 24 Feb. 101/2 The taking of photographs or audio recordings is prohibited in the auditorium at any time.
2001 M. Steel Reasons to be Cheerful x. 113 Each person..hurriedly shuffled and dodged backwards and forwards, like footballers in the moments before the taking of a corner.
†b. Mental apprehension or perception; mental acceptance or reception; consideration. Obsolete.In quot. 1395: spec. = acception n. 2.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > understanding > [noun] > understanding, comprehension
knowing1340
taking1395
apprehending1398
feela1400
conceitc1405
perceitc1460
comprehension?15..
intellection?1526
apprension1589
making-outa1601
reception1612
uptaking1614
perceivancy1649
comprehending1668
recognition1749
prehension1836
prension1837
wavelength1925
Remonstr. against Romish Corruptions (Titus) (1851) 69 (MED) The mekeste man and most redi in the chirche to serue God..withouten takinge of persoonis, is the grettere in holi chirche bi the doom of Crist.
1495 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (de Worde) ii. x. sig. bviv/1 God..is aboue vnmateryall & aboue worldly takynge [a1398 BL Add. fonginge].
1568 in W. K. Clay Liturg. Services Q. Eliz. (1847) 517 With pacient takinge and quiett acceptation of this syckness.
a1639 W. Whately Prototypes (1640) xv. 253 Manifested in his sorrowfull taking of her death.
1650 T. Lushington Crell's Iustification Sinner 190 A refusall or Rejecting of Gods Promise is Unbeliefe; an Acceptance or taking of the present right to the blessing promised, is Faith.
†2. An act of touching something; (also) the sense of touch. Cf. take v. 81. Obsolete. rare.In quot. ?c1425: the application of pressure to something.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > touch and feeling > touching > [noun]
riningOE
touchingc1300
taking1340
toucha1387
tastea1400
atouchment1483
tuckingc1485
tacture1598
taction1623
contaction1628
tactation1688
tig1721
tact1801
skinship1966
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 46 Of þise zenne uondeþ þe dyeuel, in vif maneres... Auerst, ine fole ziȝþe. efterward, ine fole wordes. efterward, ine fole takinges. efterward ine fole kessinges.
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 91 (MED) Þe uerste guod wyþ-oute byeþ þe vif wyttes of þe bodye, be zyȝþe, be hyerþe, be smellinge, be zuelȝynge, and be takynge.
?c1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (Paris) (1971) 151 This passioun..beteþ as an arterie, and in takynge [?a1425 N.Y. Acad. Med. pressyng; L. premendo], it goþ aȝen, and it comeþ aȝen as a burstynge.
3. Seizure, capture; apprehension, arrest; the action of catching fish, game, etc. (see take v. I.*). †in taking: so as to be caught or taken (obsolete).
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the mind > possession > taking > seizing > catching or capture > [noun]
fenga1250
catchingc1325
takingc1350
caption1382
capture1541
catcha1586
talons1586
capturing1800
collaring1834
c1350 Psalter (BL Add. 17376) in K. D. Bülbring Earliest Compl. Eng. Prose Psalter (1891) cxxiii. 5 Blisced be our Lord, þat þat [emended in ed. to Lord, þat] ne ȝaf vs nauȝt in takyng to her teþe [L. qui non dedit nos in praedam dentibus eorum].
J. Gaytryge Lay Folks' Catech. (York Min.) (1901) l. 222 (MED) The seuent comandement..In whilk is forboden..wrangwise takyng or withhaldyng..of othir men godes.
?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) ii. 222 (MED) After þe takyng of Kilyngworth castelle, þe flemed ageyn þe kyng ros eft fulle rebelle.
c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 50 He herd the newis..of his brothir taking.
1495 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VII (Electronic ed.) Parl. Oct. 1495 §63. m. 34 The same herynges..shuld be of on tyme taking and salting.
1534 in Hist. MSS Comm.: 10th Rep.: App. Pt. V: MSS Marquis of Ormonde &c. (1885) 406 in Parl. Papers 1884–5 (C. 4576-I) XLII. 1 If the Kinges Bayleffe be present at the takinge of the same dettor.
1576 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1889) IV. 164 Payd to Bacon..for takyng of mouldes in the felde xiijs.
a1650 S. D'Ewes Autobiogr. & Corr. (1845) (modernized text) I. xvi. 385 Portsmouth (where he was imprisoned immediately upon his taking).
1665 T. Manley tr. H. Grotius De Rebus Belgicis 251 One of the famous Adventurers in the taking of Breda.
1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson iii. viii. 370 The taking of the Manila galeon.
1756 J. Cox Faithful Narr. Thief-takers 15 A Reward of 20l. for the taking of Thieves in Tottenham Division.
1837 J. R. McCulloch Statist. Acct. Brit. Empire I. i. i. 200 Decoys for the taking of wild ducks, teal, widgeons, &c.
1869 H. F. Tozer Res. Highlands of Turkey II. 228 The taking of Adrianople by the Turks.
1904 G. Crosfield Two Sunny Winters in Calif. viii. 102 His talks of hold-ups, and taking of the robbers after, are..very fine.
1976 St. Louis (Missouri) Globe-Democrat 17 Sept. 5 B A bow with a draw weight of 40 pounds or more is adequate for the taking of many deer.
2002 Sport Fishing Sept. 24/4 Canada's Department of Fisheries and Oceans announced the closure of the Straits of Georgia..to the taking of all lingcod.
4.
†a. Condition, situation, state (almost always in negative sense); a plight. Chiefly in in (a) taking, often with qualifying adjective. Cf. take v. 4. Obsolete in general sense.In quot. ?c1425 spec. with reference to susceptibility to disease or infection.
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the world > action or operation > difficulty > [noun] > difficult state of things > predicament or straits
needfulnessc1350
kankedortc1374
pressc1375
needfultya1382
briguec1400
brikec1400
plightc1400
taking?c1425
partyc1440
distrait1477
brakea1529
hot water1537
strait1544
extremes1547
pickle1562
praemunire1595
lock1598
angustiae1653
difficulty1667
scrape1709
premune1758
hole1760
Queer Street1811
warm water1813
strift1815
fix1816
plisky1818
snapper1818
amplush1827
false position1830
bind1851
jackpot1887
tight1896
squeeze1905
jam1914
?c1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (Paris) (1971) 113 (MED) Galien..likneþ suche a flewme to þe fleume of ydropesye and of bodyes of euel takynge [?a1425 N.Y. Acad. Med. yuel habituate; L. male habituatorum], þat is vtterly watry.
a1529 J. Skelton Why come ye nat to Courte (?1545) 933 He is at suche takynge.
1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 158 Wheras thou art in suche takyng, canst fynd in thyn herte to liue?
1592 J. Lyly Midas i. ii These boyes be droonk! I would not be in your takings.
1631 R. Bolton Instr. Right Comf. Affl. Consciences 14 In what a taking then was Iob.
1663 S. Pepys Diary 12 Jan. (1971) IV. 13 The poor boy was in a pitiful taking and pickle.
1726 Dict. Rusticum (ed. 3) at Mares and Colts Which will make the Foal more Lusty, of greater Bone and Stature,..and in much better taking than a Colt foaled in May or June.
1792 J. Richardson Fugitive v. v. 82 This lord cannot but feel himself at this juncture in a sort of an aukward kind of a taking.
1837 J. W. Carlyle Lett. (1883) I. 65 We are all in sad taking with influenza.
1886 R. E. G. Cole Gloss. Words S.-W. Lincs. 149 The house is in such a taking, it's so wet... His clothes are in a taking, they're ragged up.
1890 A. E. Barr Friend Olivia xxi. 452 My poor head is in a sad taking with the wine.
†b. A sudden attack of illness or pain, esp. a seizure or stroke; cf. take n.1 5. Also: enchantment; malignant influence; possession. Cf. take v. 4. Obsolete.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > convulsive or paralytic disorders > [noun] > fit or stroke
taking1541
conceit1543
striking1599
stroke1599
fit1621
raptus1740
parlatic1758
seizure1779
shock1794
ictus1890
wingding1927
wing-dinger1933
mini-stroke1972
the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > enchantment or casting spells > [noun] > spell > malignant enchantment or curse
curse1382
taking1541
ban1603
malignation1652
bad mouth1832
brujería1838
weird1874
Indian sign1901
hex1909
whammy1940
1541 T. Elyot Castel of Helthe (new ed.) 50 Palseys, called of the vulgare people, takynges.
1559 P. Morwyng tr. C. Gesner Treasure of Euonymus 332 The same resisteth the taking, as they cal it, or inchantment.
1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear xi. 53 Blesse thee from whirle-winds, starre-blusting, and taking . View more context for this quotation
1639 T. de Gray Compl. Horseman ii. iv. 69 The Takings, Sleeping-evill, Madnesse, and the like.
1650 J. H. Most Excellent & Rare Drink (single sheet) Abateth the raging pain of the Gout, inflamations and swellings, blasts or takings.
c. A disturbed or agitated state of mind; a passion, a flutter, a ‘state’ (state n. 2d). Now chiefly somewhat archaic.
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the mind > emotion > excitement > nervous excitement > [noun] > fit of
widden-dreamOE
taking?1552
spell1856
wobbler1942
?1552 W. Elderton Decree betwene Churchyarde & Camell (single sheet) And euery man is now in such takynge, It passeth a dreame, they fynde it out wakyng.
1577 M. Hanmer tr. Socrates Scholasticus iv. iii, in Aunc. Eccl. Hist. 319 Valens vnderstanding of this, was in a sore taking.
1581 G. Pettie tr. S. Guazzo Ciuile Conuersat. (1586) iii. 159 b Manie excellent and worthie men..comming before princes..haue plainely shewed in what troublesome taking they haue bene in.
1602 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor iii. iii. 170 He is in a pittifull taking.
1676 G. Etherege Man of Mode iii. iii. 45 By this time your Mother is in a fine taking.
1796 F. Burney Camilla II. iii. v. 97 He went straight into one of his takings, pretending I had made him forget all his thoughts.
1811 J. Austen Sense & Sensibility III. i. 7 Lord! what a taking poor Mr. Edward will be in when he hears of it! View more context for this quotation
1874 T. Hardy Far from Madding Crowd I. xxx. 331 You must not notice my being in a taking just now.
1937 M. Mitchell Let. 9 May in Gone with the Wind Lett. (1986) 143 The city editor..managed to run me down at Father's and he (the editor) was in a taking as he'd trailed me all over town for a statement.
1989 J. Aiken Blackground ix. 215 Odd Tom brought down your note. And he seemed in a tremendous taking about you.
2000 ‘N. Roberts’ Tears of Moon xvi. 265 I can cook, drunk or sober... I don't know what you're in such a taking over. It's just fucking fish cakes.
2013 ‘G. Burrowes’ Morgan & Archer v. 92 ‘That's His Grace,’ Ellen said, putting her cards down. ‘He's in a taking about something.’
5. U.S. Law. The expropriation by a government or other authority of private property for public use or benefit, with payment of compensation to the owner; an instance of this. Also: the property so expropriated. In later use frequently attributive (esp. in plural). Cf. eminent domain at domain n. 2a and takings clause n. at Compounds 3.Certain forms of government regulation have sometimes been regarded as takings.
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1837 J. Story in R. Peters Rep. Supreme Court U.S. 11 644 Every such grant,..if it is wanted for public use,..may be taken by the sovereign power for such use, upon making compensation. Such a taking is..an exception resulting from the nature and attributes of sovereignty.
1877 1st Ann. Rep. Boston Water Board 1876–7 18 The Act..makes the city liable to pay all damage that shall be sustained by any persons in their property by such taking.
1895 Rep. Board Metrop. Park Commissioners (Commonw. Mass.) 4 Previous takings by the water boards.., amounting to about 1,600 acres.
1917 H. W. Chaplin Princ. Federal Law lxiii. 380 Takings, under Eminent Domain, of water as a commodity.
1971 Yale Law Jrnl. 81 150 Current takings law stands as an obstacle to rational resource allocation.
1998 Titusville (Pa.) Herald 26 June 1/3 Brace..has instructed his lawyers to file a takings case to obtain compensation from the federal government.
2015 L. Johnson & F. Powell Environmental Law vi. 185 Regulation may..not constitute a taking if the owner can still use the land for some economic benefit.
II. That which is taken.
6.
a. In plural. That which is acquired, received, or gained; esp. the receipts or earnings resulting from the transaction of business, the sale of merchandise, etc.; proceeds.
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society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > [noun] > takings or receipts
receipta1325
receiptc1390
receptions1514
takings?1593
provenance1628
taking ins1644
take1850
encashment1861
?1593 H. Chettle Kind-harts Dreame sig. E3 Seeing they liue so hardly, its pitie Players should hinder their takings a peny.
1596 Bp. W. Barlow tr. L. Lavater Three Christian Serm. iii. 140 I am sure that many haue wondred how they should be able to defray so many charges laid vpon them, as nowe adaies they are put to, hauing so small takings, but by the blessing of God.
a1640 P. Massinger City-Madam (1658) ii. i. 54 Some needy shop-keeper, who surveighs His every-day-takings.
1662 W. Gurnall Christian in Armour: 3rd Pt. 488 To mend their takings in their shop.
1761 D. Fenning Royal Eng. Dict. at Benefit Among players, the whole takings of the theatre, which are applied to their own use.
1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 120/2 The weekly ‘takings’ of the ten thousand men and their families.
1885 Law Rep.: Chancery Div. 29 469 A charge upon the property, or the takings, or the profits of the concern.
1907 Daily Chron. 9 Sept. 3/1 I produced two one act operas..and our takings were no more than £57.
1969 D. Clark Death after Evensong ii. 37 Don't parsons cash up the takings after the service with the church wardens?
2004 Jockey Slut Feb. 104/2 Richard Linklater's ‘School Of Rock’ arrives here on the back of $80 million US box office takings.
†b. A prize, a trophy; spec. a person acquired as a marriage partner; = catch n.2 6b. Obsolete. rare.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > fitness for marriage > [noun] > marriageable person > with reference to means or position > person(s) desirable on account of
eligible1656
catch1749
taking1809
1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas II. v. i. 347 Hey-day! madam, your third husband dispatched already? You must be a most deadly taking.
1824 J. Mactaggart Sc. Gallovidian Encycl. 443 Tacking, a taking, a prize.
c. Chiefly Scottish and English regional (northern). A quantity of fish or (occasionally) other animals caught at one time; a haul. Cf. take n.1 3a. Now rare.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fish to be caught or as catch > [noun] > catch of fish
draughta1387
waithing1488
hale1572
tack1596
take1626
catch1792
haul1854
taking1855
fare1884
strike1887
voyage1897
shack1904
the mind > possession > taking > seizing > catching or capture > [noun] > that which is caught or captured
fanga1400
hale1572
catch1609
taking1855
catch-up1879
1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words 175 In the sense of capture: ‘A brave takking o' bees’, a large swarm; ‘A rare takking o' fish’, a good catch, or a heavy haul.
1887 D. Donaldson Jamieson's Sc. Dict. Suppl. Tak, Takin, capture, catch, or haul; as of fish.
a1947 J. W. Schultz Blackfeet & Buffalo (1962) xiv. 218 I was too eager to..get home with my fine taking of Crow horses.
1967 M. Gray in P. L. Payne Stud. Sc. Business Hist. viii. 216 There was always a great difference between the takings of the most successful and the least successful [boat].
7. Printing. = take n.1 7a. Now historical and rare.
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society > communication > printing > material to be printed > [noun] > portion to be set out at one time
taking1808
take1832
1808 C. Stower Printer's Gram. 467 When the companionship are ready for their first takings of copy.
1894 Board of Trade: Rep. Wages & Hours of Labour: Pt. I 167 in Parl. Papers (C. 7567) LXXXI. ii. 1 Matter with head or first lines larger than the body to be charged according to the depth of the body of the taking.
1992 Stud. in Bibliogr. 45 238 The striking feature of the takings is not simply that they were rather large, but that some of them appear to have been set by compositors working in pairs, simultaneously setting alternate stints.

Phrases

P1. for the taking: ready or available for someone to take advantage of; freely available; cf. for the asking at asking n. 3b.
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1755 T. Smollett tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote I. iii. vii. 133 Who would beg a benison, that for the taking may have venison?
1843 Rover 1 264/1 Under a certain tree on the banks of the Unadilla, was buried a rich treasure; which might be theirs for the taking.
1874 Central Press 16 Jan. 11/1 Assuming for the nonce..that Grand Bassam may be ours for the taking, the question naturally arises, ‘Is it worth the having?’
1926 J. Galsworthy Silver Spoon i. iii. 22 The world is their children's for the taking.
1978 Guardian 7 Feb. 20/6 Pulman twice missed eminently possible pinks, with position on the black there for the taking.
2004 N. Attallah Old Ladies of Nazareth 50 The camaraderie he had yearned for, the companionship and the close relationships, were suddenly his for the taking.
P2.
taking for granted n. the action or an act of taking something or someone for granted (see to take for granted at granted adj. 2b).
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1730 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum Presupposition, a supposing before-hand, a taking for granted.
1792 J. Gregory Philos. & Literary Ess. II. ii. 50 A taking for granted of a much disputed point which he had undertaken to prove.
1819 G. Townsend Œdipus Romanus x. 107 All the well-armed supposes, and takings for granted, which have been so beautifully embodied against the universally received interpretation of Scripture History.
1879 C. Rossetti Seek & Find 248 Sloth, with its vicious allies of unpunctuality,..half measures, baseless taking for granted, guess-work.
1918 R. Pryce Statue in Wood iii. iii. 189 But for its takings-for-granted, it was such a letter as would have made any woman happy.
1988 R. D. Winfield Reason & Justice 152 That would involve the very same stumbling block on which idealism founders: the taking for granted that the real is rational.
2009 C. B. Kline Bird in Hand 10 It pointed to something larger in their friendship,..a kind of carelessness on Claire's part, a taking for granted.

Compounds

C1. With adverbs, in compound nouns of action corresponding to adverbial combinations of take (see take v. Phrasal verbs 1). See also taking in n., taking off n.
taking away n. [after to take away at take v. Phrasal verbs 1]
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > place > removal or displacement > [noun] > removal or taking away
withdrawingc1315
remuingc1330
withdraught1340
taking awaya1382
discharginga1398
removinga1398
remotiona1425
subtraction?a1425
amovingc1443
taking offc1450
abstraction1467
way-taking1479
substracting1549
conveyance1567
sublation1567
remove1589
removal1595
exemption1598
substraction1601
supporting1608
amovement1618
subductiona1620
conveying1621
amolitiona1641
withdrawment1640
subducting1645
suffuration1651
summotion1653
amoval1657
withdraw1720
withdrawal1838
removement1846
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Isa. xlii. 22 Thei ben maad in to raueyn,..in to taking awei [a1425 L.V. in to rauyschyng].
?1543 T. Phaer tr. J. Goeurot Regiment of Lyfe iv. f. xxix Swownyng is a takyng awaye of the felyng and mouyng of the bodye, by weakenesse of the herte.
a1617 S. Hieron Penance for Sinne in Wks. (1620) II. 249 Those gifts..are lyable to taking away.
1629 W. Bedell Let. in R. Parr Life J. Usher (1686) Coll. cxxxv. 402 Mr. Usher's sudden taking away..admonishes me to work while the day lasts.
1708 Tender Invitation 27 In all my Trials and Exercises, as Stoneings, Stockings, Reproachings and Imprisonings, and taking away of my Goods, the Lord did still stand by me.
1841 Pract. Mechanic 13 Nov. 54/1 The whole operation comes to the taking away of the 5 from the 9.
1881 P. Brooks Candle of Lord xvi. 284 No taking away of penalties can free you.
1969 J. Singer et al. tr. I. B. Singer Estate i. iv. 54 The return of the Polish nobility to power and the taking away from the people of those shreds of rights that Alexander had granted to them.
2008 J. Docker in A. D. Moses Empire, Colony, Genocide iii. 93 The separation of men and women and the taking away of the opportunity of procreation.
taking back n. [after to take back at take v. Phrasal verbs 1]
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1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum sig. Ivi/2 Drawynge or takynge backe agayne, as if I mete wyth one & do take him backe agayne, receptio.
1610 J. Mason Turke iv. sig. H3v My hope is yet dispaire will arme her hands To her owne death, and saue my sword a labour: If not, tis but the taking backe of what I gaue.
1685 E. Philipps Minority St. Lewis 17 The King must have been forc'd to have given them an entire Satisfaction, nor could he have avoided..the taking back of Angelberge.
1798 tr. W. Oppenheim Geogr. & Statist. Acct. Cisalpine Republic 233 In cases where the secretary and superintendent be able to give the least information respecting the taking back of the children.
1859 Jurist 29 May 460/2 The jury have found that it was not reasonable to take the goods back to London;..there was no assent to the taking back.
1913 J. Fox Heart of Hills xxvi. 247 He wondered if she had got his good-by note—the taking back of his promise to her.
1983 R. Ramsay Corsican Time-bomb v. 61 The taking back into public ownership of large estates.
2001 J. L. Felman Never Dull Moment viii. 163 I viewed early Richard Pryor and Lenny Bruce tapes,..remembering Pryor's early dystopian, explosive taking back of the ‘N’ word.
taking down n. [after to take down at take v. Phrasal verbs 1]
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1420 in Proc. Somerset Archaeol. & Nat. Hist. Soc. (1878) 23 26 (MED) Item, pro takyng downe de tegulis de domo..in Walcote-strete, xiij d.
1426 W. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 7 Þer is nother perill ne doute in þe takyng doun of þe instrument and þe bille to no creature.
1514 S. Appulby Fruyte of Redemcyon xxviii. sig. D.ii (heading) Of the takynge downe of the body of cryste fro the crosse.
1614 T. Wilson Comm. Epist. S. Paul to Romanes viii. 547 To the humbling and to the taking down of our proud hearts.
1723 R. Izacke Antiq. Exeter 104 The Weather-cock..kept such a noise, that the Princess could not sleep, which occasioned the taking down of the said Cock.
1792 Gloucester Guide 62 The Monument of the said Robert Wise..being defaced and ruinated by the dissolving and taking down of the Parish Church of St. Ewens.
1864 Good Words 5 317/2 One hour of taking down makes about six hours' work in copying.
1913 B. Tarkington Flirt xiv. 225 It was for the taking-down of Laura..that he lay awake nights.
1951 D. Mathew Age Charles I xvii. 267 The taking down of buildings which had been put up against the wall between the Quay Gate and the Square Tower.
2011 A. Silver One Minute to Midnight iii. 35 Some people find the taking down of the Christmas decorations to be a depressing ritual.
taking out n. [after to take out at take v. Phrasal verbs 1]
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > place > removal or displacement > extraction > [noun]
outdrawinga1425
taking out?c1425
extraction1530
extreat1596
extractinga1626
exantlation1646
protraction1728
?c1425 Crafte Nombrynge in R. Steele Earliest Arithm. in Eng. (1922) 17 (MED) Mediacion is a takyng out of halfe a nomber out of a holle nomber, as yf þou wolde take 3 out of 6.
1466 Expenses J. Paston's Funeral in Paston Lett. (1904) IV. 228 To the glaser for takyn owte of ii panys of the wyndows.
1576 G. Baker tr. C. Gesner Newe Jewell of Health i. f. 16v To the mouth of this nether Ouen, must a doore be set, whereby it may be opened for the putting in and taking out of Coales.
1665 R. Boyle New Exper. & Observ. Cold 319 It somewhat emulated that which happens to bottled Beer; upon the taking out of the Cork.
1751 T. Brent Interest Improved Pref. p. vii The Trouble of many Turnings-over and Takings-out of the said Books, are [sic] hereby avoided.
1835 Museum of Foreign Lit. Nov. 466/1 The taking out of his snuff-box commanded the most profound silence in an assembly-room.
1924 R. Macaulay Orphan Island xiii. 160 ‘If you have nothing to contribute, sir,’ he whispered, ‘kindly pass the plate, which is for puttings in, not takings out.’
1987 R. M. Tarpy & P. Webley Individual in Econ. x. 278 The same applies to many other decisions involving risk, e.g., the taking out of insurance.
2000 G. Slovo Red Dust (2002) x. 62 Muller supervised the taking-out of Steve.
taking over n. [after to take over at take v. Phrasal verbs 1; compare overtaking n.]
ΚΠ
1708 W. Sewel Large Dict. Eng. & Dutch ii. 373/1 Overneeming, a Taking over.
1818 T. Harris & J. M’Henry Maryland Rep. 4 395 Particular expressions have been construed to limit the taking over to a dying without leaving issue living at the time of his death.
1867 Law Times 18 May 12/1 An arrangement was entered into, subject to the approval of the court, for the taking over of the business of that bank.
1917 Acts State New Jersey xiv. 29 For any road in the State Highway System prior to its taking over as a State Highway [etc.].
1973 I. Murdoch Black Prince i. 68 I felt that old fear of a misunderstanding which amounted to an invasion, a taking over of my thoughts.
2001 D. J. Whittaker Terrorism Reader (2002) viii. 120 The Montoneros regarded the destruction of a capitalist state and its army as preconditions for the taking over of power by the people.
taking up n. [after to take up at take v. Phrasal verbs 1; originally after classical Latin assūmptiōn-, assūmptiō assumption n.] (in quot. 1683 concrete that which is taken up.)
ΚΠ
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Psalms lxxxviii. 19 For of the Lord is oure taking vp [L. adsumptio]; and of the holi of Irael oure king.
1566 T. Blundeville Order curing Horses Dis. clxxx. f. 116v, in Fower Offices Horsemanshippe The takying vp of vaynes is verye necessary, and doth ease manye griefes in the legges.
a1649 W. Drummond Wks. (1711) 208 The Treaty..discharging all taking up of Arms against the Kingdom.
1683 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises II. 208 Now he has his Taking up in his Hand, with the Face of his Letter towards him.
1798 in J. A. Picton City of Liverpool: Select. Munic. Rec. (1886) II. 224 A constant yearly taking up of money upon new bonds.
1824 London Jrnl. Arts & Sci. 8 284 The variation of speed..is produced by causing the pin or stud h to rise and fall..; and this is done by raising and depressing the taking-up rail or bar k.
1841 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 4 318/1 Gearing for producing..the ‘taking-up’ or ‘traversing motion’ of the plank during the operation of sawing.
1886 J. Paton in Encycl. Brit. XX. 845/1 The twisted twine is drawn off..and is wound on taking-up bobbins.
1920 A. P. Usher Introd. Industr. Hist. Eng. xii. 302 Henworthy and Bullough of Blackburn then brought out their improved loom equipped with self-acting temple, stop, and taking up motion.
1949 Our Industry (Anglo-Iranian Oil Co.) (ed. 2) 323 (Gloss.) The taking up of moisture by blotting paper.
1963 A. Wilson Wild Garden 11 My original conviction that this was a pure accident—the taking up of a new hobby—has not stood up to closer examination.
1983 D. R. Jackman et al. Guide to Textiles (2003) vii. 95/2 The unwinding of the yarns from the warp beam is part of the letting-off and taking-up motion.
2004 M. Constable in A. Sarat Law in Liberal Arts 75 Inquiry into the relation of social science scholarship and law need not be limited to the taking up of stances.
C2. General attributive.
a. With first element in singular form.
ΚΠ
a1752 R. Erskine Serm. (1778) VIII. cxxx. 186 The communicating hour is his giving hour, and your taking hour.
1825 J. M. Cobbett Lett. from France 75 Much less than this he would take, for nothing can be more widely different than the asking and the taking price.
1906 R. E. Vernède Meriel of Moors xix. 127 The litter tossed out into the taking yard made the air smoke.
1924 Photogr. Jrnl. Dec. 599 By dispensing with the intermittent motion it is possible to attain a taking rate of many thousand pictures a second.
1977 Lancet 24 Dec. 1346/2 He applied a tourniquet, took out his taking set, and immediately pushed a wide-bore needle into my cubital vein.
2006 P. Hulsman tr. E. M. Jacobs Merchant in Asia 150 If the VOC [= Verenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie] supplied the requested varieties, qualities, and quantities, the bank even guaranteed the taking price.
b. With first element in plural form (in sense 6a).
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1847 Times 24 Apr. 8/4 The bankrupt had kept no books, with the exception of a daily takings book.
1880 Times 13 Mar. 6/5 The charges resolved themselves into the falsification of the stock-sheet..and the attempt..to falsify the takings account.
1910 Proc. Old Bailey 8 Feb. 549 Looking at the takings book I find the total amount received up to that date was £382 15s. 7½d.
2012 Essex Chron. (Nexis) 10 May 15 Money from the community cinema will contribute to the overall takings figures released by Hollywood.
C3.
taking day n. †(a) British Mining colloquial a day on which miners negotiate for pieces of work at a mine (obsolete); (b) Angling a day on which the fish are readily taking the bait (cf. take v. 29).
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1836 R. Furness Medicus-Magus i. 22 On Takin-days, when wit and ale were free, He join'd the light duet and merry glee.
1849 Royal Cornwall Gaz. 12 Oct. 5/4 Saturday last was the ‘taking day’, as the miners term it, at Wh. Fortune mine.
1865 A. S. Moffat Secrets of Angling 149 It is rather troublesome to bait—a drawback which puts the angler's patience sadly to the test, especially on a taking day.
1938 T. H. White Burke's Steerage ii. vi. 100 Elated with this success—it is evidently a taking day—you hurry off to Gowrie's Pot..in the certainty that you are going to find a fish there too.
1965 Guardian 9 July 7/7 Many good salmon fishermen..can smell a good taking day.
taking lens n. Photography (esp. in a twin-lens reflex camera) the objective lens that forms the photographic image.
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1901 Amer. Amateur Photographer Apr. 185 Operating on the same plan is the Twin-Lens Telescopic Graphic, having the taking lens at the bottom and the focusing lens at the top, both exactly of the same plane and focus.
1951 G. H. Sewell Amateur Film-making (ed. 2) iii. 33 Generally the finder looks along a line different from the axis of the taking-lens, but parallel to it.
1961 G. Millerson Technique Television Production iii. 28 (caption) Small viewfinder kinescope showing TV picture (optically magnified) seen through taking lens.
2002 Pop. Photogr. Apr. 80/1 The model we elected to test is the current top-of-the-line Seagull 4A-107, which has a 75mm f/3.5 four-element, three-group Tessar-formula taking lens.
takings clause n. (also taking clause) U.S. Law a clause in a constitution allowing a government to expropriate private property for public use or benefit (cf. sense 5); chiefly spec. the final clause of the Fifth Amendment (see quot. 1985).
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1936 Mich. Law Rev. 35 158 Some courts..would assert that the injury [sc. to property without compensation] is only consequential, and not within the ‘taking’ clause.
1958 Amer. Jrnl. Compar. Law 7 213 Justices Inoue and Iwamatsu..state their view that the taking clause of the Constitution [of Japan] was designed to authorize only the taking of particular land specifically needed for public projects.
1962 Michigan Law Rev. 59 968 In its first consideration of the fifth amendment ‘taking’ clause, the Supreme Court..held that [etc.].
1985 R. A. Epstein Takings v. 58 The takings clause says, ‘Nor shall private property be taken for public use without just compensation.’
2010 N.Y. Times 18 June a15/1 A project to restore eroded beaches..did not violate the Constitution's takings clause.., the Supreme Court ruled on Thursday.
taking screen n. now historical (in various processes for colour or stereoscopic photography) each of a number of screens or filters through which distinct versions of an image are captured for subsequent combination.
ΚΠ
1894 Photogr. Times 23 Nov. 338/2 The lines on the view screen may, if necessary..be ruled so much narrower than those on the taking screen as will allow for the shrinkage of the photographic film in the process of development.
1897 Pop. Sci. Monthly Nov. 138/1 The viewing [screens] differ from the taking screens in both of these processes. The taking screens must not be such as to allow only monochromatic light to pass, but must allow a certain amount of overlapping.
1907 Westm. Gaz. 24 Aug. 14/2 This positive is then mounted in contact with a viewing-screen ruled in precisely the same way as the taking-screen.
1931 F. R. Newens Technique Colour Photogr. iv. 92 The Finlay process is a duplicating process... One of the fundamental necessities for success in the Finlay process, is the closest possible contact between the squares of the taking screen and the emulsion of the negative plate.
2008 W. R. Alschuler in J. Hannavy Encycl. 19th-cent. Photogr. I. 320/1 In most of these processes the final positive was mated with a color screen identical in layout to the taking screen.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

takingadj.

Brit. /ˈteɪkɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈteɪkɪŋ/
Forms: see take v. and -ing suffix2; also late Middle English takyngge.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: take v., -ing suffix2.
Etymology: < take v. + -ing suffix2.
1. That takes or receives something, in various senses. Also: inclined or tending to acquire things; acquisitive; rapacious (frequently contrasted with giving).
ΚΠ
?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 21v To þe debilite of þe membre takyng.
?c1475 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 15562) f. 125 Takyng, capax, capatulus.
1598 Famous Victories Henry V sig. A3v I dare not call him theefe, but sure he is one of these taking fellowes.
1642 S. Rutherford Peaceable Plea x. 128 A thief is not a true man, but a false and a taking man.
a1752 R. Erskine Serm. (1777) III. xxxiv. 17 The taking-hand of faith, presupposes the giving-hand of God.
1835 Court Mag. 6 168/2 There were taking men, who imposed upon him at pleasure; for he did not prosecute.
1914 F. A. W. Steel Mercy of Lord 125 There, midway between a giving and a taking hand, lay the rupee itself.
1993 Callaloo 16 656 I try to be a giving person, not a taking person.
2002 L. Amorim et al. Internat. Voluntary Service iv. 57 Draw a ‘giving hand’ in which the volunteers write or draw what they can contribute and a ‘taking hand’ in which they fill in what they want to receive from the project.
2. Appealing, engaging, pleasing, charming, captivating; that takes the fancy or affection. colloquial in later use.Long the most common sense, though now somewhat dated.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > attractiveness > [adjective]
gracious1340
glorious skinnyc1400
drawing1435
gracefulc1449
attrayant1477
well-favoured1539
alluring1567
graceda1586
attracting1589
attractive1592
winning1596
appealing1598
taking1603
allicient1613
enchantinga1616
motive1615
temptinga1616
allurant1631
catchinga1640
gaining1642
canny1643
charmful1656
charming1664
mignon1671
disarminga1718
prepossessing1737
seducing1749
seductive176.
eye-catching1770
sweet1779
catchy1784
attaching1785
engaging1816
cute1834
cunning1843
taky1854
cynosural1855
smart1860
fetching1880
seductious1883
fruity1900
barry1923
hot stuff1928
swoony1934
dishy1961
dolly1964
jiggy1996
aegyo2007
the mind > will > motivation > attraction, allurement, or enticement > [adjective] > fascinating or enchanting
bewitching1553
witching1570
sirenical1599
taking1603
enchantinga1616
fascinating1618
bewitchfulc1633
charming1664
sirenica1704
captivating1772
captivative1772
fascinative1833
airy-fairy1837
enthralling1851
taky1854
thralling1871
1603 N. Breton Merrie Dialogue 23 Oh, I was not onely so taken, but so ouertaken with this taking-mistresse, that she brought me into such a taking, as is scarce worth the talking of.
1607 B. Jonson Volpone i. iv. sig. C3 That colour Shall make it much more taking . View more context for this quotation
1665 R. Boyle Occas. Refl. vi. x. sig. Pp1v He will ever consider the taking'st Notions he can frame of vertue, more as Engagments to it, than Arguments of it.
a1721 M. Prior Phillis, since We (song) in Poems on Several Occasions (1742) II. 133 Phillis has such a taking way, She charms my very soul.
1742 J. Edwards Some Thoughts Revival Relig. New-Eng. iv. 254 It is a Thing very taking with them to see the Building rise very high.
1757 S. Foote Author i. 10 You must provide me with three taking Titles for these Pamphlets.
1824 T. F. Dibdin Libr. Compan. 771 The plates..are bright, spirited, and very ‘taking’.
1882 C. Pebody Eng. Journalism xix. 143 The secret of immediate success in a public writer is said to be mediocre ideas and a taking style.
1907 Secret Service 23 Aug. 28/2 She..recovered herself, assuming an expression of dignity that was somewhat imposing, or shall I say, in my own rough way, rather ‘taking’?
1966 San Antonio (Texas) Express 26 May 8 g/2 In this marathon role she has wit, poise, warmth and a very taking coolth.
1987 G. Butler Coffin in Fashion 174 A young lad had come into the shop. He looked clean, childish and very taking.
2012 I. Goddard Society's Most Scandalous Rake v. 120 You are a taking little puss.
3. Having a deleterious or pernicious effect; (of a disease or illness) liable to become established; (also) infectious, catching. Now rare.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > [adjective]
litherc893
scathefulc900
balefulOE
orneOE
teenfulOE
evilc1175
venomousc1290
scathela1300
prejudiciala1325
fell?c1335
harmfula1340
grievous1340
ill1340
wicked1340
noisomea1382
venomed1382
noyfulc1384
damageousc1386
mischievousc1390
unwholesomea1400
undisposingc1400
damnablec1420
prejudiciable1429
contagiousc1440
damagefulc1449
pestiferous1458
damageable1474
pestilent?a1475
nuisable1483
nocible1490
nuisible1490
nuisant1494
noxiousa1500
nocent?c1500
pestilential1531
tortious1532
pestilentious1533
nocive1538
offensivea1548
vitiating1547
dangerous1548
offending1552
dispendious1557
injurious1559
offensible1575
offensant1578
baneful1579
incommodious1579
prejudicious1579
prejudical1595
inimicous1598
damnifiable1604
taking1608
obnoxious1612
nocivousc1616
mischieving1621
nocuous1627
nocumentous1644
disserviceable1645
inimical1645
detrimentous1648
injuring1651
detrimental1656
inimicitial1656
nocumental1657
incommodous1677
fatal1681
inimic1696
nociferous1706
damnific1727
inimicable1805
violational1821
insalutary1836
detrimentary1841
wronging1845
unsalvatory1850
damaging1856
damnous1870
wack1986
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > [adjective] > harmful or injurious
litherc893
scathefulc900
orneOE
teenfulOE
atterlichc1050
evilc1175
wicka1250
scathela1300
deringa1325
unkindc1330
harmfula1340
ill1340
wicked1340
shrewdc1380
noisomea1382
venomed1382
noyfulc1384
damageousc1386
infectivea1398
unwholesomea1400
annoying?c1400
mischievous1414
damnablec1420
contagiousc1430
mischievable?a1439
damagefulc1449
damageable1474
unhappy1474
nuisable1483
nocible1490
nuisible1490
nuisant1494
noxiousa1500
nocent?c1500
hurtful1526
sinistral1534
nocive1538
offendent1547
offensivea1548
dangerous1548
naughtya1555
dispendious1557
offensible1575
wrackful1578
baneful1579
hindersome1580
scandalizing1593
damnifiable1604
taking1608
toadish1611
illful1613
nocivousc1616
mischieving1621
nocuous1627
obnoxious1638
nocumentous1644
vicious1656
nocumental1657
abnoxious1680
dungeonable1691
offending1694
hurtsomea1699
nociferous1706
sinister1726
damnific1727
hazardous1748
slaughtering1811
damaging1856
damnous1870
lethal1942
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > production of disease > [adjective] > infectious
contagiousc1374
infectivea1398
smitting?c1450
infected1480
infectuous1495
infecting1539
infectious1575
smittle1583
catching1594
contaminous1599
taking1608
communicative1741
malignant1822
contaminative1826
zymotic1842
smittling1845
infectant1855
autoinfective1874
catchy1884
toxo-infectious1907
postinfectious1913
1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear vii. 322 Strike her yong bones, you taking ayrs with lamenese. View more context for this quotation
1636 D. Featley Clavis Mystica xvii. 220 The diseases of the mind are more taking than the diseases of the body.
a1640 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger False One iv. iii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Rr4v/2 I am yet too taking for your company.
1660 J. Howell Θηρολογια 104 The contagious Atoms of bodies infected with the Pest, or other taking-diseases, which are not onely imparted to others by lurking in the Visitant's cloths, but being scattered in the air are transported to remote places and persons.
1763 W. Warburton Doctr. Grace I. 128 These pangs of the new birth becoming..more violent, and more general than ordinary, and even found to be taking and infectious.
1869 Trans. Amer. Med. Assoc. 20 481 The difference between a demoralizing ‘running away from a taking disease’ and a deliberate, cautious isolation of the sick.
1892 J. W. Moore Text-bk. Eruptive & Continued Fevers iv. 45 The most feasible method of attempting to limit the spread of ‘catching’ or ‘taking’ disease, is by a sytem of complete isolation.
1904 M. Kelly Little Citizens 51 The boy has it too... It's a sickness—a taking sickness.
1905 E. W. Prevost Suppl. Gloss. Dial. Cumberland 176/2 It's a varra takkan disease.

Compounds

With adverbs, as taking-away, taking-off, taking-over, etc., adjs. (see take v. Phrasal verbs 1).
ΚΠ
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 279/1 Takyng away, ablatif.
1912 Cycle & Automobile Trade Jrnl. Jan. 240/2 The vehicles formerly manufactured will be continued by the taking-over company.
1927 Naugatuck (Connecticut) Daily News 6 June A taking off plane could..have a two-mile free and clear space over Nell's Island.
1994 J. Hayes in M. Jaschok & S. Miers Women & Chinese Patriarchy iii. 59 It was usual for the girl to return to her natal family on the death of her prospective husband: but if this was not possible or desired, the taking-in family would find her another husband.
2010 J. E. Stiglitz in E. Balleisen & D. Moss Government & Markets i. 40 Many takeovers..seem motivated by the hubris of the CEO of the taking over firm.

Derivatives

ˈtakingly adv. appealingly, engagingly, pleasingly (now somewhat dated).
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > attractiveness > [adverb]
likinglya1387
graciouslyc1400
prettilyc1450
alluringly1561
gracefully1583
attractively1604
takingly1607
charmingly1611
enchantinglya1616
winningly1663
engagingly1694
winsomely17..
enticingly1720
attractingly1753
prepossessingly1794
sweetly1840
temptingly1878
fetchingly1889
1607 F. Beaumont Woman Hater iv. ii. sig. G3v I will gather my selfe together, with my best phrases, and so I shall discourse in some sort takingly.
1668 D. Lloyd Memoires 325 He could have been as handsomly and takingly vicious, as he was virtuous.
a1711 T. Ken Psyche i, in Wks. (1721) IV. 161 Verse, by which Lust is takingly instill'd.
1843 John Bull 7 Jan. 13/2 The first paper..begins most takingly and strikingly.
1888 Lucifer 15 Mar. 78 Few women wrote more graphically, more takingly, or possessed a more fascinating style.
1960 Times 14 Oct. 18/7 Miss Moira Redmond..made a takingly crisp and sub-acid side-kick.
1988 Financial Times 16 Dec. 27/6 I feel sure..that there is a simpler, fresher, less tricksy way of mounting it [sc. the opera], and that its musical charms can be more takingly conveyed.
ˈtakingness n. engagingness, appeal, charm (now somewhat dated).
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > attractiveness > [noun]
drawingc1300
favourc1300
gracea1382
graciousnessa1425
likingnessc1450
allurement1548
allurance1574
seemliness1577
gracefulnessa1586
blandishment1594
attractiveness1622
takingness1652
engagingness1727
winningness1727
temptingness1802
cuteness1807
attachingness1808
winsomeness1825
beaux yeux1828
prepossessingness1876
enchantingness1879
aegyo1997
1652 E. Walsingham tr. E. de Refuge Arcana Aulica xxxvii. 140 That love which comes from the similitude, or takingness of your maners.
1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison I. vii. 32 All your takingness is owing to that open and chearful countenance.
1890 Nationalist Feb. 124 That he should have made his third book a plea for Nationalism proves his belief in the takingness of our creed.
1974 I. Robinson Chaucer & Eng. Trad. (1975) vii. 99 This has the great takingness that is one of the marks of a great poet at the height of his powers.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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