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forge (
n.) late 14c., "
a smithy," from
O.Fr. forge (12c.) "
forge, smithy," earlier
faverge, from
L. fabrica "
workshop," from
faber (
gen. fabri) "
workman in hard materials, smith" (see
FABRIC (
Cf. fabric)). As the heating apparatus itself, from late 15c.
{{12}}forge (v.1) c.1300, "to make, shape, create," from O.Fr. forgier, from L. fabricari "to frame, construct, build," from fabrica "workshop" (see FORGE (Cf. forge) (n.)). Meaning "to counterfeit" is early 14c. Related: Forged; forging.
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forge (
v.2) 1610s, "
make way, move ahead," of unknown origin, perhaps an alteration of
FORCE (
Cf. force) (
v.), but perhaps rather from
FORGE (
Cf. forge) (
n.), via notion of steady hammering at something. Originally nautical, in reference to vessels.
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forge — forge … Dictionnaire des rimes
forgé — forgé … Dictionnaire des rimes
forge — [ fɔrʒ ] n. f. • XIIe aussi faverge; provenç. faurga, du lat. fabrica « atelier » 1 ♦ Cour. Atelier où l on travaille les métaux au feu et au marteau. Artisans, ouvriers d une forge. ⇒ forgeron. Forge d orfèvre, de serrurier. Forge de maréchal… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Forge — (f[=o]rj), n. [F. forge, fr. L. fabrica the workshop of an artisan who works in hard materials, fr. faber artisan, smith, as adj., skillful, ingenious; cf. Gr. ? soft, tender. Cf. {Fabric}.] 1. A place or establishment where iron or other metals… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
forge — [fɔːdʒ ǁ fɔːrdʒ] verb [transitive] 1. LAW to produce a document or money that is not Genuine (= real), or to sign something with a false name: • They had forged some company documents and set up phoney ( … Financial and business terms
forge — FORGE. s. f. Lieu où l on fond le fer, quand il est tiré de la mine, & où on le met en barre. Forge de fer. faire aller une forge. entretenir une forge. le fourneau d une forge. les soufflets d une forge. les forges sont d une grande despense.… … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
Forge — ist der Name folgender Personen: Andrew Forge (1923–2002), englischer Künstler Jean Forge, Pseudonym von Jan Fethke (1903–1980), deutsch polnischer Filmregisseur Forge bezeichnet folgende Orte: La Forge, Gemeinde im französischen Département… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Forge — Forge, v. i. [See {Forge}, v. t., and for sense 2, cf. {Forge} compel.] 1. To commit forgery. [1913 Webster] 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
forgé — forgé, ée (for jé, jée) part. passé de forger. 1° Travaillé à la forge. Fer forgé. 2° Fig. Un mot forgé, mot inventé, fabriqué. Écrit forgé, écrit supposé, qui porte une fausse attribution. • Il [Charles XII] les appela médiateurs… … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
forge — ‘make’ [13] and forge ahead [17] are two quite distinct and unrelated words in English. The former’s now common connotation of ‘faking’ is in fact a purely English development (dating from the late 14th century) in a word whose relatives in other … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
forge — forge·a·bil·i·ty; forge·able; forge·man; forge; re·forge; … English syllables
