ink – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of ink

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to ink sth in
Participle: inked sth in
Gerund: inking sth in

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Iink sth in
youink sth in
he;she;itinks sth in
weink sth in
youink sth in
theyink sth in

Perfect

Ihave inked sth in
youhave inked sth in
he;she;ithas inked sth in
wehave inked sth in
youhave inked sth in
theyhave inked sth in

Past

Iinked sth in
youinked sth in
he;she;itinked sth in
weinked sth in
youinked sth in
theyinked sth in

Pluperfect

Ihad inked sth in
youhad inked sth in
he;she;ithad inked sth in
wehad inked sth in
youhad inked sth in
theyhad inked sth in

Future

Iwill ink sth in
youwill ink sth in
he;she;itwill ink sth in
wewill ink sth in
youwill ink sth in
theywill ink sth in

Future Perfect

Iwill have inked sth in
youwill have inked sth in
he;she;itwill have inked sth in
wewill have inked sth in
youwill have inked sth in
theywill have inked sth in

Subjunctive

Present

Iink sth in
youink sth in
he;she;itink sth in
weink sth in
youink sth in
theyink sth in

Perfect

Ihave inked sth in
youhave inked sth in
he;she;ithave inked sth in
wehave inked sth in
youhave inked sth in
theyhave inked sth in

Imperfect

Iinked sth in
youinked sth in
he;she;itinked sth in
weinked sth in
youinked sth in
theyinked sth in

Pluperfect

Ihad inked sth in
youhad inked sth in
he;she;ithad inked sth in
wehad inked sth in
youhad inked sth in
theyhad inked sth in

Conditional

Present

Iwould ink sth in
youwould ink sth in
he;she;itwould ink sth in
wewould ink sth in
youwould ink sth in
theywould ink sth in

Perfect

Iwould have inked sth in
youwould have inked sth in
he;she;itwould have inked sth in
wewould have inked sth in
youwould have inked sth in
theywould have inked sth in

Imperative

youink sth in
weLet's ink sth in
youink sth in

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam inking sth in
youare inking sth in
he;she;itis inking sth in
weare inking sth in
youare inking sth in
theyare inking sth in

Perfect

Ihave been inking sth in
youhave been inking sth in
he;she;ithas been inking sth in
wehave been inking sth in
youhave been inking sth in
theyhave been inking sth in

Past

Iwas inking sth in
youwere inking sth in
he;she;itwas inking sth in
wewere inking sth in
youwere inking sth in
theywere inking sth in

Pluperfect

Ihad been inking sth in
youhad been inking sth in
he;she;ithad been inking sth in
wehad been inking sth in
youhad been inking sth in
theyhad been inking sth in

Future

Iwill be inking sth in
youwill be inking sth in
he;she;itwill be inking sth in
wewill be inking sth in
youwill be inking sth in
theywill be inking sth in

Future Perfect

Iwill have been inking sth in
youwill have been inking sth in
he;she;itwill have been inking sth in
wewill have been inking sth in
youwill have been inking sth in
theywill have been inking sth in

Conditional

Present

Iwould be inking sth in
youwould be inking sth in
he;she;itwould be inking sth in
wewould be inking sth in
youwould be inking sth in
theywould be inking sth in

Perfect

Iwould have been inking sth in
youwould have been inking sth in
he;she;itwould have been inking sth in
wewould have been inking sth in
youwould have been inking sth in
theywould have been inking sth in

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'ink'

abandon, abduct, abear, aberr, abject, abord, abort, abound, abraid, abray, abrook, abscind, abscond, absist, absorb, abstain, abstract, accend, accent, accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'ink'

dink, in, inn, irk, jink, kink, link, oink, pink, sink,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Additional Information

Etymology

1. "the black liquor with which men write" [Johnson], c.1250, from O.Fr. enque "dark writing fluid," from L.L. encaustum, from Gk. enkauston "purple or red ink," used by the Roman emperors to sign documents, originally a neut. adj. form of enkaustos "burned in," from stem of enkaiein "to burn in," from en- "in" + kaiein "to burn" (see caustic). The word is from a Gk. method of applying colored wax and fixing it with heat. The verb meaning "to mark or stain in ink" is from 1562. Inky "as black as ink" is attested from 1593.
2. From Middle English ynke, from Old French enque, from Latin encaustum (“purple ink used by Roman emperors to sign documents”), from Ancient Greek ἔγκαυστον (énkauston, “burned-in”), from ἐν (en, “in”) + καίω (kaíō, “burn”). In this sense, displaced native Old English blæc (“ink”, literally “black”).
3. Sense four refers to the ink used in newspapers.

Sample Sentences

  • A plain impression is obtained by pressing the bulb of the finger, with the plane of the nail parallel to the plane of the plate, on the inked plate and then on the paper in the same manner. [1919, R. H. Leigh, How to Obtain Good Finger Prints, third edition, U.S. Navy Department Bureau of Navigation, page 1:]
  • Before Musk, America’s space industry was moribund. In 2011, NASA mothballed the last space shuttle, after inking a deal with SpaceX to make uncrewed cargo resupply runs to the International Space Station (ISS). [2021 December 13, Molly Ball, Jeffrey Kluger, Alejandro de la Garza, “Elon Musk: Person of the Year 2021”, in Time Magazine, archived from the original on 13 Dec 2021:]