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   Forge

   /fôrj/

   

   verb

   • 1. make or shape (a metal object) by heating it in a fire or furnace and beating or hammering it: "he forged a great suit of black armor" Similar hammer outbeat into shapefoundcastmoldmodelfashionformshapemakemanufactureproduceturn outinformal:knock togetherknock upknock off
   • 2. create (a relationship or new conditions): "the two women forged a close bond" Similar buildbuild upconstructformcreateestablishset upput together
   • 3. produce a copy or imitation of (a document, signature, banknote, or work or art) for the purpose of deception: "the signature on the check was forged" Similar fakefalsifycounterfeitcopy fraudulentlycopyimitatereproducereplicatesimulateinformal:pirate

   noun

   • 1. a blacksmith's workshop; a smithy.
   • ▪ a furnace or hearth for melting or refining metal.
   • ▪ a workshop or factory containing a furnace for refining metal.

   Word Origin Middle English (also in the general sense ‘make, construct’): from Old French forger, from Latin fabricare ‘fabricate’, from fabrica ‘manufactured object, workshop’. The noun is via Old French from Latin fabrica.

   Derivatives

   • 1. forgeable adjective

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