3. That which is forged, fabricated, falsely devised, or counterfeited.

These are the forgeries of jealously.

Shak.

The writings going under the name of Aristobulus were a forgery of

the second century.

Waterland.

Syn. -- Counterfeit; Forgery. Counterfeit is chiefly used of imitations

of coin, or of paper money, or of securities depending upon pictorial

devices and engraved designs for identity or assurance of genuineness.

Forgery is more properly applied to making a false imitation of an

instrument depending on signatures to show genuineness and validity.

Abbott.

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For*get" (?), v. t. [imp. Forgot (?) (Forgat (&?;), Obs.); p. p.

Forgotten (?), Forgot; p. pr. & vb. n. Forgetting.] [OE. forgeten,

foryeten, AS. forgietan, forgitan; pref. for- + gietan, gitan (only in

comp.), to get; cf. D. vergeten, G. vergessen, Sw. fˆrg‰ta, Dan.

forgiette. See For-, and Get, v. t.] 1. To lose the remembrance of; to

let go from the memory; to cease to have in mind; not to think of;

also, to lose the power of; to cease from doing.

Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits.

Ps. ciii. 2.

Let my right hand forget her cunning.

Ps. cxxxvii. 5.

Hath thy knee forget to bow?

Shak.

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