Forge \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.

Mars's armor forged for proof eterne. --Shak.

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. To coin. [Obs.]

--Chaucer.

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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Forging \For"ging\, n.

1. The act of shaping metal by hammering or pressing.

2. The act of counterfeiting.

3. (Mach.) A piece of forged work in metal; -- a general name for a piece of hammered iron or steel.

There are very few yards in the world at which such forgings could be turned out. --London Times.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)