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forge

2  [fawrj, fohrj]
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–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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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.
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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