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forg⋅ing

  [fawr-jing, fohr-]
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–noun
1. an act or instance of forging.
2. something forged; a piece of forged work in metal.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME; see forge 1 , -ing 1
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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.
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
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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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