sympathetic ink
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of sympathetic ink
First recorded in 1715–25
Example Sentences
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Under the influence of that, the faded past, traced in sympathetic ink, as it were, revives and starts into distinctness.
From A Study of Hawthorne by George Parsons Lathrop
I kept it, as I said, and since that time I have tried various experiments to see whether sympathetic ink had been used, but absolutely without result.
From Ghost Stories of an Antiquary Part 2: More Ghost Stories by M. R. (Montague Rhodes) James
Your highness," returned the courier, "the dispatches are secret, and written with sympathetic ink.
From Prince Eugene and His Times by L. (Luise) Mühlbach
Another sympathetic ink is afforded by chloride of gold, which becomes of a reddish purple when acted upon by a salt of tin.
Porter, and contained directions for his cruise, written in sympathetic ink.
From The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 by Willis J. (Willis John) Abbot
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