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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. Mars's armor forged for proof eterne. --Shak. 2. To form or shape out in any way to produce; to frame; to invent. Those names that the schools forged, and put into the mouth of scholars, could never get admittance into common use --Locke. Do forge a life-long trouble for ourselves --Tennyson. 3. To coin. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 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. That paltry story is untrue, And forged to cheat such gulls as you --Hudibras. Forged certificates of his . . . moral character. --Macaulay. Syn: To fabricate; counterfeit; feign; falsify. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Forging \For"ging\, n. 1. The act of shaping metal by hammering or pressing. 2. The act of counterfeiting. 3. (Mach.) A piece of forged work in metal; -- a general name for a piece of hammered iron or steel. There are very few yards in the world at which such forgings could be turned out --London Times. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: forging n : shaping metal by heating and hammering
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