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<hw>Forge</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Forged</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Forging</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[F. <ets>forger</ets>, OF. <ets>forgier</ets>, fr. L. <ets>fabricare</ets>, <ets>fabricari</ets>, to form, frame, fashion, from <ets>fabrica</ets>. See <er>Forge</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, and cf. <er>Fabricate</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To form by heating and hammering; to beat into any particular shape, as a metal.</def>

<blockquote>Mars's armor <b>forged</b> for proof eterne. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To form or shape out in any way; to produce; to frame; to invent.</def>

<blockquote>Those names that the schools <b>forged</b>, and put into the mouth of scholars, could never get admittance into common use. <i>Locke.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Do <b>forge</b> a life-long trouble for ourselves. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To coin.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To make falsely; to produce, as that which is untrue or not genuine; to fabricate; to counterfeit, as, a signature, or a signed document.</def>

<blockquote>That paltry story is untrue, And <b>forged</b> to cheat such gulls as you. <i>Hudibras.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote><b>Forged</b> certificates of his . . . moral character. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To fabricate; counterfeit; feign; falsify.</syn>

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<hw>Forge</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Forge</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>, and for sense 2, cf. <er>Forge</er> compel.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To commit forgery.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>To move heavily and slowly, as a ship after the sails are furled; to work one's way, as one ship in outsailing another; -- used especially in the phrase <i>to forge ahead</i>.</def>

<i>Totten.</i>

<blockquote>And off she [a ship] <b>forged</b> without a shock. <i>De Quincey.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Forge</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>To impel forward slowly; <as>as, to <ex>forge</ex> a ship forward</as>.</def>

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<hw>Forge"man</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Forgemen</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>.</plu> <def>A skilled smith, who has a hammerer to assist him.</def>

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<hw>For"ger</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt><ety>[Cf. F. <ets>forgeur</ets> metal worker, L. <ets>fabricator</ets> artificer. See <er>Forge</er>, <tt>n. & v. t.</tt>, and cf. <er>Fabricator</er>.]</ety> <def>One who forges, makes, of forms; a fabricator; a falsifier.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Especially: One guilty of forgery; one who makes or issues a counterfeit document.</def>

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<hw>For"ger*y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Forgeries</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>forgerie</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of forging metal into shape.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Useless the <b>forgery</b> Of brazen shield and spear. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The act of forging, fabricating, or producing falsely; esp., the crime of fraudulently making or altering a writing or signature purporting to be made by another; the false making or material alteration of or addition to a written instrument for the purpose of deceit and fraud; <as>as, the <ex>forgery</ex> of a bond</as>.</def>

<i>Bouvier.</i></blockquote>