Forging

Forging
Forge Forge, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Forged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Forging}.] [F. forger, OF. forgier, fr. L. fabricare, fabricari, to form, frame, fashion, from fabrica. See {Forge}, n., and cf. {Fabricate}.] 1. To form by heating and hammering; to beat into any particular shape, as a metal. [1913 Webster]

Mars's armor forged for proof eterne. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

2. To form or shape out in any way; to produce; to frame; to invent. [1913 Webster]

Those names that the schools forged, and put into the mouth of scholars, could never get admittance into common use. --Locke. [1913 Webster]

Do forge a life-long trouble for ourselves. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]

3. To coin. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

4. To make falsely; to produce, as that which is untrue or not genuine; to fabricate; to counterfeit, as, a signature, or a signed document. [1913 Webster]

That paltry story is untrue, And forged to cheat such gulls as you. --Hudibras. [1913 Webster]

Forged certificates of his . . . moral character. --Macaulay.

Syn: To fabricate; counterfeit; feign; falsify. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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