ink – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of ink

Nominal Forms

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

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Subjunctive

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperfect

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

Pluperfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperative

youink sb in
weLet's ink sb in
youink sb in

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

Iwould have been inking sb in
youwould have been inking sb in
he;she;itwould have been inking sb in
wewould have been inking sb in
youwould have been inking sb in
theywould have been inking sb 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:]