From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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.
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Mars's armor forged for proof eterne. --Shak.
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2. To form or shape out in any way; to produce; to frame; to
invent.
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Those names that the schools forged, and put into
the mouth of scholars, could never get admittance
into common use. --Locke.
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Do forge a life-long trouble for ourselves.
--Tennyson.
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3. To coin. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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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.
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That paltry story is untrue,
And forged to cheat such gulls as you. --Hudibras.
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Forged certificates of his . . . moral character.
--Macaulay.
Syn: To fabricate; counterfeit; feign; falsify.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
forged \forged\ (f[=o]rjd), adj.
1. Not genuine; counterfeit; -- used mostly of signatures and
documents. See {forge}, v. t., 4.
Syn: bad.
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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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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
forged
adj 1: reproduced fraudulently; "like a bad penny..."; "a forged
twenty dollar bill" [syn: {bad}, {forged}]
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