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   forge

   /fɔːdʒ/

   verb

   • 1. make or shape (a metal object) by heating it in a fire or furnace and hammering it: "he forged a great suit of black armour" Similar hammer outbeat into shapefoundcastmouldmodelfashionformshapemakemanufactureproduceturn outinformal:knock togetherknock upknock off
   • 2. create (something) strong, enduring, or successful: "the two women forged a close bond" Similar buildbuild upconstructformcreateestablishset upput together
   • 3. produce a fraudulent copy or imitation of (a document, signature, banknote, or work of art): "the signature on the cheque was forged" Similar fakefalsifycounterfeitcopy fraudulentlycopyimitatereproducereplicatesimulateinformal:pirate

   noun

   • 1. a blacksmith's workshop; a smithy.
   • ▪ a furnace for melting or refining metal.
   • ▪ a workshop or factory containing a furnace for melting metal.

   Word Origin Middle English (also in the general sense ‘make, construct’): from Old French forger, from Latin fabricare ‘fabricate’, from fabrica ‘manufactured object, workshop’. The noun is via Old French from Latin fabrica.

   Derivatives

   • 1. forgeable adjective

   Scrabble Points: 9

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