FORGE (2)

forge (2). Forge, v.t. to form by hammering or craft, counterfeit

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Forge, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Forged (fōrjd); 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. 1. To form by heating and hammering; to beat into any particular shape, as a metal.
Mars's armor forged for proof eterne. Shak. 2. 2. To form or shape out in any way; to produce; to frame; to invent.
Those names that the schools forged, and put into the mouth of scholars, could never get admittance into common use. Locke. Do forge a life-long trouble for ourselves. Tennyson. 3. 3. To coin. Chaucer.
4. 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.
That paltry story is untrue, And forged to cheat such gulls as you. Hudibras. Forged certificates of his . . . moral character. Macaulay. Syn. — To fabricate; counterfeit; feign; falsify.