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ink

/ˈɪŋk/ verb C2
  1. To apply ink to; to cover or smear with ink. (transitive)
  2. To sign (a contract or similar document). (transitive)
  3. To apply a tattoo to (someone). (transitive)
  4. to eject ink (sense 3) (intransitive)

He/she/it inks · Past inked · Past participle inked · -ing form inking

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Verb forms

Base form
ink
He/she/it
inks
Past
inked
Past participle
inked
-ing form
inking

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Danglars thought it as well to comply with a good grace, so he took the pen, ink, and paper Peppino offered him, wrote the draft, and signed it.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 1082 · C1
and under them the number 341 were rudely scrawled in ink upon it.
The Valley of Fear, p. 30 · C1
Holmes walked across to the desk and dabbed a little ink from each bottle on to the blotting paper.
The Valley of Fear, p. 45 · C1
“It was not printed in this room,” he said; “this is black ink and the other purplish.
The Valley of Fear, p. 45 · C1

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