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   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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   forged (fōrjd), 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.  Also used metaphorically of results requiring intense or difficult effort.
   
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