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.
Forge, v. i. [See Forge, v. t., and for sense 2, cf. Forge compel.] 1.
To commit forgery.
2. (Naut.) To move heavily and slowly, as a ship after the sails are
furled; to work one's way, as one ship in outsailing another; -- used
especially in the phrase to forge ahead. Totten.
And off she [a ship] forged without a shock.
De Quincey.
Forge, v. t. (Naut.) To impel forward slowly; as, to forge a ship
forward.
Forge"man (?), n.; pl. Forgemen (&?;). A skilled smith, who has a
hammerer to assist him.
For"ger (?), n.[Cf. F. forgeur metal worker, L. fabricator artificer.
See Forge, n. & v. t., and cf. Fabricator.] One who forges, makes, of
forms; a fabricator; a falsifier.
2. Especially: One guilty of forgery; one who makes or issues a
counterfeit document.
For"ger*y (?), n.; pl. Forgeries (#). [Cf. F. forgerie.] 1. The act of
forging metal into shape. [Obs.]
Useless the forgery Of brazen shield and spear.
Milton.
2. The act of forging, fabricating, or producing falsely; esp., the
crime of fraudulently making or altering a writing or signature
purporting to be made by another; the false making or material
alteration of or addition to a written instrument for the purpose of
deceit and fraud; as, the forgery of a bond. Bouvier.