forgen.
/fɔːdʒ/, U.S. /fɔrdʒ/ΘΚΠ
society > occupation and work > industry > manufacture or production > [noun]
makinglOE
workinga1382
forge1390
fashion1463
facture1574
workmanship1578
fabrication1602
manufaction1602
opificec1616
manufacture1622
makec1631
manufactorya1641
manufact1647
manufacturage1665
manufacturing1669
production1767
mfg.1854
artificing1866
process work1881
machine-production1898
metal-bending1964
1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 78 An horse of brass..Of suche entaile, of such a forge.
1569 J. Sanford tr. H. C. Agrippa Of Vanitie Artes & Sci. 124 b If it [Husbandrie] did not teache so many monstruouse forges of plantes.
1690 J. Dryden Don Sebastian v. 127 His soft mettall..runs in the mould, And needs no farther forge.
1692 J. Ray Wisdom of God (ed. 2) ii. 93 In the greater Bodies the Forge was easie, the Matter being ductile and sequacious.
2. A smithy.
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society > occupation and work > workplace > places for working with specific materials > place for working with metal > [noun] > forge or smithy
smitheeOE
smithya1250
forgec1405
stithy1604
blacksmith's shop1668
smithery1755
blacksmith shop1794
blacksmitherya1854
c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Miller's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 574 A smyth..That in his forge smythed plogh harneys.
1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope iii. xii A serpent entyrd som tyme within the forge of a smythe.
a1547 Earl of Surrey Descr. Fickle Affect. 24 The hammer of the restlesse forge.
1689 London Gaz. No. 2482/1 In the meantime the Enemies Vanguard attack'd the Village Forge.
1712 A. Pope tr. Statius First Bk. Thebais in Misc. Poems 23 The o'erlabour'd Cyclop from his Task retires; Th' Æolian Forge exhausted of its Fires.
1861 C. Dickens Great Expectations I. v. 65 Joe had got..his leather apron on, and passed into the forge.
3. An apparatus consisting of an open hearth or fireplace with a bellows attached, used by blacksmiths for heating iron to render it malleable; a similar apparatus on wheels for military use.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > metalworking equipment > [noun] > forging equipment > blacksmith's forge
forge1481
1481–90 Howard Househ. Bks. (Roxb.) 381 For makenge of the belowes to the forge.
1549 in Acts Privy Council (1890) II. 349/2 Smithes forges complet, ij.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xi. 564 At the Forge Labouring. View more context for this quotation
1753 R. Dodsley Agric. in Public Virtue i. iii. 164 A ponderous lump..to the hammer tam'd, Takes from the forge, in bars, its final form.
1810 C. James New Mil. Dict. (ed. 3) (at cited word) The cavalry have portable forges as well as the artillery.
1839 H. W. Longfellow Village Blacksmith They love to see the flaming forge.
4. A hearth or furnace for melting or refining metals. Also, the workshop, etc., where this work is carried on.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > furnace or kiln > furnace > [noun] > furnaces for melting or refining metals
forge1601
almond furnace1671
sweep1706
smelt-furnace1834
society > occupation and work > workplace > places for working with specific materials > place for working with metal > [noun] > for melting or smelting
melting shop1555
smelting-house1610
smelt-house1693
smelt-mill1772
smeltery1814
forge1839
smelter1877
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. vii. lvi. 188 The forges and furnaces of brasse.
1674 tr. P. M. de la Martinière New Voy. Northern Countries 9 The Forges which are..much of the same nature with the Copper Forges..some separating, some washing, some melting, others refining, and others coining, for..his Majesty.
1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 591 Forges to refine pig-iron into bars.
1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 511 Forge..the great workshop where iron is made malleable..a shingling mill.
1874 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Forge..3 a place where iron is puddled and shingled.
5. In market reports, short for forge-iron n. at Compounds 1.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > iron > [noun] > type of iron > wrought iron
wrought iron1556
strike iron1814
weld-iron1881
forge1890
1890 Daily News 10 Jan. 3/7 Staffordshire forge ranged from 65s. to 70s.
Compounds
C1. Simple attributive.
forge-bellows n.
ΚΠ
1855 D. Lardner Hand-bk. Nat. Philos.: Hydrostatics, Pneumatics, & Heat 211 The forge-bellows.
forge-coal n.
ΚΠ
1892 Daily News 5 Sept. 7/1 For good forge coal from 9s. to 10s. is asked.
forge-furnace n.
ΚΠ
1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Forge Furnace, a blacksmith's open furnace.
forge-hammer n.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > metalworking equipment > [noun] > forging equipment > forge-hammer
tilt-hammer1773
trip-hammer1781
forge-hammer1815
skelper1831
tilt1831
oliver1846
set-hammer1855
helve-hammer1858
striker1869
belly-helve1881
1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art I. 13 The forge hammer, invented by George Walby, of London.
forge-hearth n.
ΚΠ
1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil Descr. Liparen in tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis 95 His hoate fordgharth.
forge-house n.
ΚΠ
1633 W. Struther in C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David (1882) VI. Ps. cxix. 168 A furnace and forge-house for evil.
forge-iron n.
ΚΠ
1884 Imp. & Mach. Rev. 1 Dec. 6733/1 Forge iron of North of England brands.
forge-smith n.
ΚΠ
1886 J. Gillow Literary & Biogr. Hist. Eng. Catholics II. 402 A labouring forge-smith.
forge-tongs n.
ΚΠ
1851 D. Wilson Archæol. & Prehistoric Ann. Scotl. iii. ii. 407 The rude pair of iron forge-tongs.
C2. Special combinations.
forge-cart n. Military a travelling forge for service in the field.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > metalworking equipment > [noun] > forging equipment > blacksmith's forge > travelling
forge-cart1810
forge-wagon1810
1810 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1838) 25 July VI. 292 The forge carts of the Royal Dragoons.
forge-cinder n. (see quot.).
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > materials produced from metalworking > [noun] > slag or scoria
cindera800
drossc1050
scoriaa1398
scum1526
scory1607
recrement1611
slag1612
scorium1681
slackstone1683
finery cinder1786
browsec1794
smithy slack1813
matte1825
sullage1843
forge-cinder1881
basic slag1888
1881 Trans. Amer. Inst. Mining Engineers 1880–1 9 135 Forge-cinder, the slag from a forge or bloomary.
forge-fire n. (a) a smith's fire; (b) a puddling furnace.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > furnace or kiln > furnace > [noun] > furnaces for melting or refining metals > furnaces for treating iron > puddling furnaces
finery1539
finery hearth1693
refinery1750
finery furnace1786
puddling furnace1797
forge-fire1855
boiling-furnace1875
the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > a fire > [noun] > a kind of fire > other fires
moorburn1424
coal firea1450
commonty fire1573
moor-burning1610
stubble-firea1618
wheel-fire1662
night-fire1687
waterball1696
chip fire1795
neal-fire1813
bratchel1815
forge-fire1855
log-fire1878
electrical fire1900
slash fire1949
dumpster fire1957
chip pan fire1960
chip fire1985
1855 C. Kingsley Argonauts in Heroes iv. 126 The forge-fires shone like sparks through the darkness.
1888 Lockwood's Dict. Mech. Engin. Forge Fire..a puddling furnace.
forge-man n. a forger or smith; spec. (see quot. 1858).
ΚΠ
1624 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy (ed. 2) Democritus to Rdr. 51 Smyths, forge-men, brewers, bakers, mettlemen.
1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Forge-man, a superior class of coach-smith, having a hammer-man under him.
forge-master n. one having charge or ownership of a forge; also figurative.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > workers with specific materials > metalworker > [noun] > forger or smith > owner or manager of forge
ironmaster1593
forge-mastera1628
forger1891
a1628 F. Greville Certaine Wks. (1633) i. 72 These Forge-masters of our woes.
1814 M. Birkbeck Notes Journey through France 71 The sale of the ore to the forge-masters.
1959 Times Rev. Industry July 75/2 Wire-drawers, forgemasters and other consumers of semi-finished steel products.
1969 Daily Tel. 24 Jan. 4/6 Crankshaft makers and forgemasters.
forge-mill n. (see quot.).
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society > occupation and work > equipment > metalworking equipment > [noun] > forging equipment > forge-hammer > machinery for
hammer-mill1610
forge-mill1728
tilt-mill1825
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Mill Forge-Mills, turn'd by Water, serve to raise and let fall one or more huge Hammers.
forge-pig n. a pig of forge-iron, also collective.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > metal in specific state or form > [noun] > cast metal > in form of pigs > pig, ingot, or bar
gada1325
lingot1488
rod1494
niggot1579
nygot1579
ingot1582
sow1590
pig1620
forge-pig1839
1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 719 The average quantity of fine metal obtainable from the forge-pigs.
1892 Daily News 29 July 2/4 Northampton forge pig is 43s. 6d.
forge-roll n. (see quot.).
ΚΠ
1874 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Forge-rolls, the train of rolls by which the slab or bloom in converted into puddled bars.
forge-roller n. a workman in a rolling mill (?).
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > workers with specific materials > metalworker > [noun] > roller
roller1822
forge-roller?1881
?1881 Census Eng. & Wales: Instr. Clerks classifying Occupations & Ages (?1885) 92 [Workmen engaged in] Wrought Iron Manufacture..Forge Roller.
forge-scale n. = hammer-scale n. at hammer n.1 Compounds 3.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > materials produced from metalworking > [noun] > film of oxide
scale1526
mill scale1880
forge-scale1883
1883 Specif. Alnwick & Cornhill Railway 9 To substitute a portion of forge scales or cinders.
1940 Chambers's Techn. Dict. 349/1 Forge scale, the iron oxide coating which forms on iron and steel during forging.
forge-wagon n. = forge-cart n.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > metalworking equipment > [noun] > forging equipment > blacksmith's forge > travelling
forge-cart1810
forge-wagon1810
1810 C. James New Mil. Dict. (ed. 3) at Cart Forge-Wagons are travelling machines fitted up for the purpose of assisting the artillery in the field, and in repairing or replacing any iron work.
forge-water n. water in which heated irons have been dipped, formerly in popular use as a medicine.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines of specific form > decoction or infusion > [noun] > aqueous decoction or infusion > specific
barley waterc1320
oak-water?1523
hydrelaeon?1550
plantain-water1588
lily-water1599
napha water1600
cowslip-water1612
water of magnanimity1659
succory water1670
lime-water1682
onion-water1694
pennyroyal water1699
balm-water1712
forge-water1725
laurel-water1731
aqua mirabilis1736
tar-water1740
milk of lime1784
laurel-cherry water1787
fly-water1815
herb-water1886
1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Turkey Let em Drink Forge Water.
1798 W. Blair Soldier's Friend (Dublin ed.) 23 Half a pint of strong forge~water.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
forgev.1
/fɔːdʒ/, U.S. /fɔrdʒ/ 1. transitive. To make, fashion, frame, or construct (any material thing); = fabricate v. 1. Obsolete except as coincident with transferred use of 2. to forge together: to frame together, weld.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > [verb (transitive)] > fashion, shape, or form
i-schapeOE
shapeOE
markc1330
forge1382
kneadc1400
frame?1518
fashion?1553
labour1578
appropriate1594
to shape out1600
elaborate1611
produce1611
moulda1616
fabric1623
coin1627
timber1646
laborate1662
condition1853
society > occupation and work > industry > manufacture or production > manufacture or produce [verb (transitive)]
i-wurchec888
makeeOE
workOE
dighta1175
outworka1325
forge1382
tiffa1400
fabricate1598
elaborate1611
produce1612
manufacture1648
to work off1653
output1858
productionize1939
1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Exod. iv. 11 Who forgide the dowmbe and the deef, the seer and the blynde?
1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 67 Of wexe he forged an ymage.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 28395 A-mang myn oþer wark vn-lele Haf i oft forged fals sele.
a1450 Le Morte Arth. 967 There myght none feyrer sayle on flode, Ne better forgid as of tree.
c1475 Partenay 6103 So by hym was made and furged again Off Maillers the church.
1578 J. Banister Hist. Man i. f. 8v This same bone..seemeth to be forged with fiue sides.
1624 T. Heywood Γυναικεῖον i. 17 The image of Victorie most curiouslie forged.
1812 H. Smith & J. Smith Rejected Addr. 3 Forging for this isle a yoke.
2. figurative.1601 Bp. W. Barlow Serm. Paules Crosse Martij 1600 39 An opinion forged at the fire of hell.a1682 Sir T. Browne Christian Morals (1716) ii. 48 If the substantial subject be well forged out, we need not examine the sparks, which irregularly fly from it.1853 C. Brontë Villette III. xxxviii. 198 Out of men's afflictions and affections were forged the rivets of their servitude.† c. to forge and file: to bring into shape, fashion completely, make ready. Obsolete.
a. To shape by heating in a forge and hammering; to beat into shape; †to coin (money). Also with out.
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the world > space > shape > shape or give shape to [verb (transitive)] > by or as by hammering
forgec1400
stithyc1420
hammer1522
anvil1596
society > trade and finance > money > coining > coin (money) [verb (transitive)]
coinc1330
smitea1387
forgec1400
printc1400
strike1449
moneyc1450
mintc1520
stamp1560
beat1614
society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > work with metal [verb (transitive)] > forge or shape
smithOE
forgec1400
stithy1609
smithy1733
c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 343 Hit watz fettled & forged & to þe fulle grayþed.
1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 96 After thys was ordeyned that ther sholde be forgid moneye in the cite.
c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) xliv. 148 Cursyd be he of Mahunde that forgyd thy sword.
1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 364 They forge in Fraunce newe Floreyns wherewith ye shall be payde.
1678 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. ii. 26 The key-hole being finished, Forge your Key.
1782 W. Cowper Charity in Poems 192 Sin forg'd, and ignorance made fast the chain.
1845 G. P. R. James Arrah Neil I. ii. 24 Did you ever see a blacksmith forge a horse-shoe?
b. absol. or intransitive. To work at the forge; to do smith's work.
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society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > work with metal [verb (intransitive)] > work at forge
smithc1275
forge1382
smitea1425
smithy1733
1382 J. Wyclif Psalms cxxviii[ix]. 3 Vpon my bac forgeden [L. fabricaverunt] synneres.
c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale ⁋480 In this forseyde develes fourneys ther forgen three shrewes.
14.. J. Lydgate Secrees 2135 Hym to Enfoorme..Why his sone..Sauf oonly to forge wolde take noon informacion.
1605 R. Verstegan Restit. Decayed Intelligence ix. 310 The Smith, that forgeth at the fyre.
1770 J. Clubbe Physiognomy 43 They can saw, but not plane; they can forge, but not polish.
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the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > prepare [verb (transitive)]
yarec888
yarkc1000
graithc1175
readya1225
biredienc1275
to make yarec1290
forgraitha1300
adightc1330
buskc1330
purveyc1330
agraith1340
disposec1375
before-graithea1382
to forge and filec1381
to make readya1382
devisec1385
bounc1390
buss?a1400
address?a1425
parel?a1425
to get upc1425
providec1425
prepare1449
bakec1450
aready1470
arm?a1505
prevenea1522
get?1530
to get ready1530
to get ready1530
to set in readiness1575
apply1577
compose1612
predy1627
make1637
to dispose of1655
do1660
fallowa1764
to line up1934
prep1936
tee1938
c1381 G. Chaucer Parl. Foules 212 Besyde a welle I say Cupyde our lord his arwes forge and fyle.
1447 O. Bokenham Lyvys Seyntys (1835) 13 If the crafth of descrypcyoun I cowde..bothe forge and fyle.
1626 T. Hawkins tr. N. Caussin Holy Court I. 424 It was in her shop, where all these Councells plotted for his ruine, were forged, and fyled.
a. To frame or fashion (something immaterial); to contrive, devise, invent. Obsolete except as in 4.
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the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > inventive or creative faculty > contrive, devise, or invent [verb (transitive)]
findeOE
conceive1340
seek1340
brewc1386
divine1393
to find outc1405
to search outc1425
to find up?c1430
forgec1430
upfindc1440
commentc1450
to dream out1533
inventa1538
father1548
spina1575
coin1580
conceit1591
mint1593
spawn1594
cook1599
infantize1619
fabulize1633
notionate1645
to make upc1650
to spin outa1651
to cook up1655
to strike out1735
mother1788
to think up1855
to noodle out1950
gin1980
c1430 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes (1554) vi. i. 145 b Like your conceites ye forge me and peint.
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 12551 I will tell how..fortune, full fell, forget þere end.
1562 N. Winȝet Bk. Four Scoir Thre Quest. To Chr. Rdr., in Wks. (1887–8) I. 52 Forgeing thair sermonis for the plesuir of euery auditour.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > creation > [verb (transitive)] > devise, contrive, or make up, compose, or concoct
craftOE
befind1297
visec1325
contrive1377
temper1390
preparate?a1425
brew1530
to make up1530
forge1549
compact1576
mint1593
feign1690
to get up1828
1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. 1 Cor. i. f. v Why then forge ye to your selfes any other name..?
?a1560 L. Digges Geom. Pract.: Pantometria (1571) iii. Introd. sig. Piv To forge newe English wordes.
1605 W. Camden Remaines i. 61 Some think it to be no auntient name, but forged by the writer of king Arthurs historie.
1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding iii. viii. 230 Those few [names] that the Schools forged, and put into the mouths of their Scholars, could never yet get admittance into common use.
4. esp. To fabricate, frame, invent (a false or imaginary story, lie, etc.); to devise (evil). Also, to pretend (something) to have happened, to fable.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lie, tell (lies) [verb (transitive)]
lie1377
forgec1386
to belie the truthc1400
tellc1400
to tell (formerly to make) a liec1400
sayc1460
to face (a person) with a lie1530
cog1570
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > fabrication of statement or story > invent, concoct [verb (transitive)]
forgec1386
contrivec1400
commentc1450
dissimule1483
devisea1535
invent1535
fable1553
coin1561
to make upc1650
manufacture1700
to tell the tale1717
fabricate1779
concoct1792
fob1805
mythologize1851
fabulate1856
phoney1940
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > fabrication of statement or story > a false or foolish tale > invent (story, etc.) [verb (transitive)]
forgec1386
effabulec1600
the mind > will > intention > planning > plotting > plot (a purpose) or hatch (a plot [verb (transitive)]
compass1297
procurec1300
purchasec1300
contrivec1330
conspirec1384
brewc1386
awaitc1400
surmise1509
devisec1515
practise1531
machinate1537
forge1547
hatch1565
plot1589
pack1590
appost1602
feign1690
intrigue1747
scheme1767
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > pretend, simulate, feign [verb (transitive)]
mitheeOE
bipechec1000
huec1000
feigna1300
unlikena1382
counterfeitc1400
pretend1402
dissimulec1430
dissimule1483
simule?a1500
semble1530
counterfeit1534
dissemblea1538
suppose1566
countenance1590
mock1595
assume1604
to put on1625
assimulate1630
personate1631
to take on1645
simulate1652
forge1752
sham1775
possum1850
to turn on1865
fake1889
c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale ⁋536 In which delit they wol forge a long tale.
c1440 Partonope 4459 Anon she forged a fayre lesyng.
?1542 H. Brinkelow Complaynt Roderyck Mors xiii. sig. C8v Than the matter was forged, that he hangyd hymselfe.
1547 Certain Serm. or Homilies Falling from God i, in J. Griffiths Two Bks. Homilies (1859) i. 82 Let no man forge evil in his heart against his brother.
1648 J. Beaumont Psyche xiv. cxxvii. 260 How fine a storie they can forge and fashion Of no materials, but imagination!
1752 H. Fielding Amelia I. ii. ii. 104 I..forged a Meeting to have been between me and my imaginary Mistress.
1794 W. Godwin Caleb Williams III. xii. 221 Who had forged..the basest and most atrocious falsehoods.
1859 C. Kingsley Misc. (1860) I. 77 A charge..forged by that villain.
1876 E. Mellor Priesthood vii. 334 Ever listening for words which they could forge into accusations.
1887 R. L. Stevenson Memories & Portraits vii. 110 The hope was one of those that childhood forges for a pastime.
5.
a. To make (something) in fraudulent imitation of something else; to make or devise (something spurious) in order to pass it off as genuine.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > forgery, falsification > forge, falsify [verb (transitive)]
forgec1330
counterfeitc1386
feign1484
flamc1500
adulterate?1526
mint1593
fashion1600
fudge1674
sham1699
doctor1750
fake1884
to fake up1885
phoney1940
bodgie1969
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > forgery, falsification > faking of documents > forge, falsify [verb (transitive)]
false1303
forgec1330
counterfeitc1386
deceit1484
falsify1502
forge1535
sophisticate1605
doctor1750
fabricate1779
c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 155 Þat was a fals brefe, & forged wele.
a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. cxxiii. f. lix He then vsyd gyle where strong the myght not preuayte, And deuysed or forged certeyn letters in the name of Brunechieldys.
1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Forge or falsifie a writinge as chartre, dede, or testament.
1605 London Prodigall iii. iii You forg'd a will.
1635 E. Pagitt Christianographie (1636) iii. 94 Many of these their Reliques were forged.
1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 264. ⁋3 He has carried his Skill in Imitation so far, as to have forged a Letter from my Friend Sir Roger.
1741 C. Middleton Hist. Life Cicero (1742) III. xi. 241 Nothing was more common, than to have sayings forged for his.
1845 S. Austin tr. L. von Ranke Hist. Reformation in Germany III. ii. 47 Elector Joachim demanded..that the name of the liar who had forged this treaty should be published.
1891 E. Peacock Narcissa Brendon I. 81 Forge a pedigree if you haven't one.
b. To imitate fraudulently; to counterfeit.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > forgery, falsification > faking of documents > forge, falsify [verb (transitive)]
false1303
forgec1330
counterfeitc1386
deceit1484
falsify1502
forge1535
sophisticate1605
doctor1750
fabricate1779
1535 Act 27 Hen. VIII c. 2 If anie person..falsely forge and counterfaite the kinges signe manuel.
1677 A. Wood Life & Times (1892) II. 392 Frankland..had forged the University seal.
1887 R. Buchanan Heir of Linne v As if I had..forged the laird's name.
6. intransitive. To commit forgery.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > forgery, falsification > practise forgery [verb (intransitive)]
forgea1616
sophisticate1664
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) iii. i. 12 Thinke not..That therefore I haue forg'd, or am not able Verbatim to rehearse the Methode of my Penne. View more context for this quotation
1738 A. Pope One Thousand Seven Hundred & Thirty Eight Dialogue II 12 But Pens can forge, my Friend, that cannot write.
1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. 245 He wandered..about Ireland..begging, stealing, cheating, personating, forging.
1885 Ld. Tennyson Despair xii One son had forged on his father and fled.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
forgev.2
/fɔːdʒ/, U.S. /fɔrdʒ/ 1. intransitive. Of a vessel: To make way, ‘shoot ahead’ (Adm. Smyth), esp. by mere momentum, or the pressure of tide. Often with ahead; also with along, off, on; and with cognate object.The first quot. seems, from the elaborate nautical imagery of the context, to be a figurative example of this sense, though so much earlier than any other known instance.
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the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > progress or advance in an action [verb (intransitive)] > make good progress
to go or run on wheelsc1547
forge1769
to be off and running1823
to be well on one's (also the) way1900
to take or make strides1926
society > travel > travel by water > action or motion of vessel > [verb (intransitive)] > make progress
enforcec1340
halec1400
to make way1490
heave1626
forge1769
walk1806
1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. xix. 715/1 For albeit the Barke of his begunne aduentures, had without perill well passed the straightes..he feared the gust of euery wind..His inward study therefore still forged..to cleare his passage by taking those dangerous lets away.]
1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Transl. French Terms Franchir une roche, to pass over or forge off from a rock.
1779 T. Forrest Voy. New Guinea 23 As she forged on without any sail.
1830 F. Marryat King's Own I. xvi. 251 The latter [frigate]..continued to forge in shore.
1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple II. xvi. 281 The four-decker forged a-head.
1849 T. De Quincey Vision Sudden Death in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Dec. 751/2 Off she forged without a shock.
1886 J. H. McCarthy Doom 20 As the Atlantis slowly forged her way out to sea.
2. transitive. (See quot. 1815.)
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1815 W. Burney Falconer's New Universal Dict. Marine (rev. ed.) To Forge over is to force a ship violently over a shoal, by the effort of a great quantity of sail.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
forgev.3
/fɔːdʒ/, U.S. /fɔrdʒ/ intransitive. Of a horse: = click v.1 2.
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1843 W. Youatt Horse (new ed.) xix. 393 A singular species of over-reaching, termed forging or clicking.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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