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forge

1  [fawrj, fohrj] verb, forged, forg⋅ing. noun
–verb (used with object)
1. to form by heating and hammering; beat into shape.
2. to form or make, esp. by concentrated effort: to forge a friendship through mutual trust.
3. to imitate (handwriting, a signature, etc.) fraudulently; fabricate a forgery.
–verb (used without object)
4. to commit forgery.
5. to work at a forge.
6. (of a horse at a trot) to strike the forefeet with the shoes of the hind feet.
–noun
7. a special fireplace, hearth, or furnace in which metal is heated before shaping.
8. the workshop of a blacksmith; smithy.
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Origin:
1250–1300; ME forgen < OF forgier < L fabricāre to fabricate; see fabric

Related forms:
forge⋅a⋅ble, adjective
forger, noun

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

forge

2  [fawrj, fohrj]
–verb (used without object), forged, forg⋅ing.
1. to move ahead slowly; progress steadily: to forge through dense underbrush.
2. to move ahead with increased speed and effectiveness (usually fol. by ahead): to forge ahead and finish the work in a burst of energy.
Origin:
1605–15; orig. uncert.
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forge 1   (fôrj, fōrj)   
n.  

  1. A furnace or hearth where metals are heated or wrought; a smithy.

  2. A workshop where pig iron is transformed into wrought iron.

v.   forged, forg·ing, forg·es

v.   tr.

    1. To form (metal, for example) by heating in a forge and beating or hammering into shape.

    2. To form (metal) by a mechanical or hydraulic press.

  2. To give form or shape to, especially by means of careful effort: forge a treaty; forge a close relationship.

  3. To fashion or reproduce for fraudulent purposes; counterfeit: forge a signature.

v.   intr.

  1. To work at a forge or smithy.

  2. To make a forgery or counterfeit.


[Middle English, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *faurga, from Latin fabrica, from faber, worker.]
forge'a·bil'i·ty n., forge'a·ble adj., forg'er n.
forge 2   (fôrj, fōrj)   
intr.v.   forged, forg·ing, forg·es

  1. To advance gradually but steadily: forged ahead through throngs of shoppers.

  2. To advance with an abrupt increase of speed: forged into first place with seconds to go.


[Probably from forge1.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History

forge  (n.)
1279, from O.Fr. forge, earlier faverge, from L. fabrica "workshop," from faber (gen. fabri) "workman in hard materials, smith." Sense of "to counterfeit" is in Anglo-Fr. verb forger "falsify," from O.Fr. forgier, from L. fabricari "to frame, construct, build." Forgery is first recorded 1574.

forge  (v.)
1611, "make way, move ahead," most likely an alteration of force, but perhaps from forge (n.), via notion of steady hammering at something. Originally nautical, in referrence to vessels.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: forge
Function: verb
Inflected Forms: forged; forg·ing
transitive verb : to make, alter, or imitate (as a writing) falsely with intent to defraud : COUNTERFEIT intransitive verb : to commit forgery —forg·er noun
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: forge
Pronunciation: 'fO(&)rj, 'fo(&)rj
Function: intransitive verb
Inflected Forms: forged; forg·ing
of a horse : to make a clicking noise by overreaching so that a hind shoe hits a fore shoe
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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