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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

spill ink en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic) To write, especially professionally.
    • Of all the problems which lie on the borderline of philosophy and science, perhaps none has caused more spilled ink, more controversy, and more emotion than "the problem of the direction of time. 1974, J Earman, “An Attempt to Add a Little Direction to "The Problem of the Direction of Time"”, in Philosophy of Science:
    • While democratic forces remain active throughout the African continent, scholars continue to spill ink debating the promises and pitfalls of African democratic transitions. 1999, Bamidele A. Ojo, Contemporary African politics, page 1:

Forms

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spilt ink Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
spilt ink Tense=Past lexicographic
spills ink Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
spilling ink Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
spilled ink Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
spilled ink Tense=Past lexicographic