Noah Webster
Catching
CATCHING, participle present tense Seizing; taking hold; ensnaring; entangling.
CATCHING, adjective Communicating, or that may be communicated, by contagion; infectious; as, a disease is catching
CATCHING, participle present tense Seizing; taking hold; ensnaring; entangling.
CATCHING, adjective Communicating, or that may be communicated, by contagion; infectious; as, a disease is catching