forge

[fawrj, fohrj]

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verb (used with object), forged, forg·ing.

to form by heating and hammering; beat into shape.

to form or make, especially by concentrated effort: to forge a friendship through mutual trust.

to imitate (handwriting, a signature, etc.) fraudulently; fabricate a forgery.

verb (used without object), forged, forg·ing.

to commit forgery.

to work at a forge.

(of a horse at a trot) to strike the forefeet with the shoes of the hind feet.

noun

a special fireplace, hearth, or furnace in which metal is heated before shaping.

the workshop of a blacksmith; smithy.

Origin of forge

1250–1300; Middle English forgen < Old French forgier < Latin fabricāre to fabricate; see fabric

Related formsforge·a·ble, adjectiveforg·er, nounre·forge·a·ble, adjectiveun·forge·a·ble, adjective

Synonyms for forge

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2. shape, fabricate, manufacture, fashion, mold.

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Related Words for forger

counterfeiter

Examples from the Web for forger

Contemporary Examples of forger

If we wondered where a forger would get the materials to forge a text like this, we need look no further than eBay.
Dismembering History: The Shady Online Trade in Ancient Texts
Candida Moss
November 23, 2014
But the true forgery—like the work of Han van Meegeren, the Dutch World War 2-era forger of Vermeer—is actually very rare.
Are Over Half the Works on the Art Market Really Fakes?
Tom Sykes
October 17, 2014
Sutherland had unwittingly purchased the paintings from a forger in California on eBay.
Why eBay Is an Art Forger’s Paradise
Lizzie Crocker
August 19, 2014
Of course these are derivative, too, almost as though Serra were his own pupil, or a forger of his own pieces.
Iron Man XVII
Blake Gopnik
January 24, 2014
The Daily Pic, Met Monday Edition: A forger's Rembrandt may carry us back to the master's own day.
Can A Fake Be As Good As Real?
Blake Gopnik
November 4, 2013

Historical Examples of forger

The forger smiled, and there was malignant triumph in his expression.
Within the Law
Marvin Dana
The forger repeated the words with an inflection that was gloating.
Within the Law
Marvin Dana
There was an indescribable menace in the forger's half-uttered threat.
Within the Law
Marvin Dana
The forger of such a thunderbolt could not remain hid from the eyes of Europe.
Dreamers of the Ghetto
I. Zangwill
All the world has heard of me, from the Havannah to Guajuaqualla, as the poisoner and the forger!
Confessions Of Con Cregan
Charles James Lever

British Dictionary definitions for forger

forge

noun

a place in which metal is worked by heating and hammering; smithy

a hearth or furnace used for heating metal

a machine used to shape metals by hammering

verb

(tr) to shape (metal) by heating and hammering

(tr) to form, shape, make, or fashion (objects, articles, etc)

(tr) to invent or devise (an agreement, understanding, etc)

to make or produce a fraudulent imitation of (a signature, banknote, etc) or to commit forgery

Derived Formsforgeable, adjectiveforger, noun

Word Origin for forge

C14: from Old French forgier to construct, from Latin fabricāre, from faber craftsman

forge

verb (intr)

to move at a steady and persevering pace

to increase speed; spurt

Word Origin for forge

C17: of unknown origin

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Word Origin and History for forger

late 14c., "a maker, a smith," agent noun from forge (v.). Meaning "a counterfeiter" is from 1550s.

forge

late 14c., "a smithy," from Old French forge (12c.) "forge, smithy," earlier faverge, from Latin fabrica "workshop," from faber (genitive fabri) "workman in hard materials, smith" (see fabric). As the heating apparatus itself, from late 15c.

forge

v.2

1610s, "make way, move ahead," of unknown origin, perhaps an alteration of force (v.), but perhaps rather from forge (n.), via notion of steady hammering at something. Originally nautical, in reference to vessels.

forge

v.1

c.1300, "to make, shape, create," from Old French forgier, from Latin fabricari "to frame, construct, build," from fabrica "workshop" (see forge (n.)). Meaning "to counterfeit" is early 14c. Related: Forged; forging.