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verb

Forge v. t. (past & past part. forged; pres. part. forging)

1.

To form by heating and hammering; to beat into any particular shape, as a metal. "Mars's armor forged for proof eterne."

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." "Do forge a life-long trouble for ourselves."

3.

To coin. (Obs.)

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." "Forged certificates of his... moral character."

Synonyms: To fabricate; counterfeit; feign; falsify.

Forge v. t. (Naut.) To impel forward slowly; as, to forge a ship forward.

Forge v. i.

1.

To commit forgery.

2.

(Naut.) 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 to forge ahead. "And off she (a ship) forged without a shock."

adjective

forged adj.

1.

Not genuine; counterfeit; used mostly of signatures and documents. See forge, v. t., 4.

Synonyms: bad.

2.

Shaped by strong pressure in a press, or by heatng and hammering; of metal objects. Note: Also used metaphorically of results requiring intense or difficult effort.

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Etymology of 'Forged'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Forged" Quotes from Famous Books

... on, questions were asked, and offers of pardon were made if they would acknowledge themselves or others guilty of the monstrous wickednesses which were detailed to them. At the same time forged letters were read, purporting to come from the grand master himself, exhorting them to make a full confession, and declarations were made of the confessions which were said to have been already freely given by ...

— The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07 • Various

... of republican self-government by crushing the republics of Venice, Genoa, Lucca, Ragusa, and left only, to ridicule republicanism, the commonwealth of San Marino untouched. The Holy Alliance parted the spoils of Napoleon, riveted afresh the iron fetters which enslave Italy, and forged new spiritual fetters; prevented the extension of education, and destroyed the press, in order that the Italians should not remember ...

— Select Speeches of Kossuth • Kossuth

... Spain and Mexico were colossal. Vast estates in California, New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado and other States were obtained by collusion with the Government administrative officials and Congress. These were secured upon the strength of either forged documents purporting to be grants from the Spanish or Mexican authorities, or by means ...

— Great Fortunes from Railroads • Gustavus Myers

... forged a link between Mount Vernon, his family, and his posterity that was stronger than he knew. It was his granddaughter who was so deeply distressed at the ruin and desolation of the home of Washington that she fired her daughter's ...

— Seaport in Virginia - George Washington's Alexandria • Gay Montague Moore

... year, our Task Force on Private Sector Initiatives has successfully forged a working partnership involving leaders of business, labor, education, and government to address the training needs of American workers. Thanks to the Task Force, private sector initiatives are now underway in all 50 States of the Union, and thousands of working people have been helped in ...

— State of the Union Addresses of Ronald Reagan • Ronald Reagan

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