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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Catch \Catch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Caught}or {Catched}; p. pr
& vb n. {Catching}. Catched is rarely used.] [OE. cacchen
OF cachier, dialectic form of chacier to hunt, F. chasser,
fr (assumend) LL captiare for L. capture, V. intens. of
capere to take catch. See {Capacious}, and cf {Chase},
{Case} a box.]
1. To lay hold on to seize, especially with the hand; to
grasp anything in motion, with the effect of holding;
as to catch a ball.
2. To seize after pursuing; to arrest; as to catch a thief.
``They pursued . . . and caught him.'' --Judg. i. 6.
3. To take captive, as in a snare or net, or on a hook; as
to catch a bird or fish.
4. Hence: To insnare; to entangle. ``To catch him in his
words''. --Mark xii. 13.
5. To seize with the senses or the mind; to apprehend; as to
catch a melody. ``Fiery thoughts . . . whereof I catch the
issue.'' --Tennyson.
6. To communicate to to fasten upon as the fire caught the
adjoining building.
7. To engage and attach; to please; to charm.
The soothing arts that catch the fair. --Dryden.
8. To get possession of to attain.
Torment myself to catch the English throne. --Shak.
9. To take or receive; esp. to take by sympathy, contagion,
infection, or exposure; as to catch the spirit of an
occasion; to catch the measles or smallpox; to catch cold;
the house caught fire.
10. To come upon unexpectedly or by surprise; to find as to
catch one in the act of stealing.
11. To reach in time; to come up with as to catch a train.
{To catch fire}, to become inflamed or ignited.
{to catch it} to get a scolding or beating; to suffer
punishment. [Colloq.]
{To catch one's eye}, to interrupt captiously while speaking.
[Colloq.] ``You catch me up so very short.'' --Dickens.
{To catch up}, to snatch; to take up suddenly.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Catching \Catch"ing\ a.
1. Infectious; contagious.
2. Captivating; alluring.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Catching \Catch"ing\, n.
The act of seizing or taking hold of
{Catching bargain} (Law), a bargain made with an heir
expectant for the purchase of his expectancy at an
inadequate price. --Bouvier.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
catching
adj : (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection [syn:
{communicable}, {contagious}, {contractable}, {transmissible},
{transmittable}]
n 1: playing the position of catcher on a baseball team
2: the act of detecting something catching sight of something
[syn: {detection}, {espial}, {spying}, {spotting}]
3: becomeing infected; "catching cold is sometimes
unavoidable"; "the contracting of a serious illness can be
financially catastrophic" [syn: {contracting}]
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