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Apt to take; alluring; attracting. Subtile in making his temptations most taking. Fuller.

Removal; murder. See To take off (c), under Take, v. t. The deep damnation of his taking-off. Shak.

Taking of leave; parting compliments. Shak.

An error; a mistake. Shak.

Erroneously.

A taking by surprise; an unexpected onset or attack. Carew.

Careful in doing; diligent; faithful; attentive. "Painstaking men." Harris.

A taking sides, as with a party, sect, or faction. Bp. Hall.

The act of one who undertakes, or engages in, any project or business. Hakluyt.

A carrying or taking away; removal. Jer. Taylor.

Taking away or removing. [Obs.] Where the heart is forestalled with misopinion, ablative directions are found needful to unteach error, ere we can learn truth. Bp. Hall.

The taking surreptitiously for one's own use part of the property of another; purloining. [Modern]

or proposals by which a bargain is concluded and the parties are bound; the reception or taking of a thing bought as that for which it was bought, or as that agreed to be delivered, or the taking possession as owner.

Happening by chance, or unexpectedly; taking place not according to the usual course of things; casual; fortuitous; as, an accidental visit.

asses put in motion; electricity stored. -- An accumulation of degrees (Eng. Univ.), the taking of several together, or at smaller intervals than usual or than is allowed by the rules.

The revocation or taking away of a grant donation, legacy, or the like. Bouvier.

The encountering of risks; hazardous and striking enterprise; a bold undertaking, in which hazards are to be encountered, and the issue is staked upon unforeseen events; a daring feat. He loved excitement and adventure. Macaulay.

exposing to danger; requiring courage; rash; -- applied to acts; as, an adventurous undertaking, deed, song.

Consisting of air; resembling, or partaking of the nature of air. Hence: Unsubstantial; unreal.

One who affirms of taking an oath.