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Definition forge

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French forge, early Old French faverge, from Latin fabrica (“workshop”), from faber (“workman in hard materials, smith”) (genitive fabri). Cognate with Franco-Provençal favèrge.

Noun

forge (plural forges)

1. Furnace or hearth where metals are heated prior to hammering them into shape.
2. Workshop in which metals are shaped by heating and hammering them.
3. The act of beating or working iron or steel.

Etymology 2

From Anglo-Norman forger, from Old French forgier, from Latin fabrico (“to frame, construct, build”).

Verb

forge (third-person singular simple present forges, present participle forging, simple past and past participle forged)

1. (metallurgy) To shape a metal by heating and hammering.
2. To form or create with concerted effort.
3. To create a forgery of; to make a counterfeit item of; to copy or imitate unlawfully.
4. To make falsely; to produce, as that which is untrue or not genuine; to fabricate.

Etymology 3

Make way, move ahead, most likely an alteration of force, but perhaps from forge (n.), via notion of steady hammering at something. Originally nautical, in reference to vessels.

Verb

forge (third-person singular simple present forges, present participle forging, simple past and past participle forged)

1. (often as forge ahead) To move forward heavily and slowly (originally as a ship); to advance gradually but steadily; to proceed towards a goal in the face of resistance or difficulty.
2. (sometimes as forge ahead) To advance, move or act with an abrupt increase in speed or energy.

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