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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
forged
    adj 1: reproduced fraudulently; "like a bad penny..."; "a forged
           twenty dollar bill" [syn: bad, forged]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
      [1913 Webster]

            Mars's armor forged for proof eterne. --Shak.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. To form or shape out in any way; to produce; to frame; to
      invent.
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            Those names that the schools forged, and put into
            the mouth of scholars, could never get admittance
            into common use.                      --Locke.
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            Do forge a life-long trouble for ourselves.
                                                  --Tennyson.
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   3. To coin. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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   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.
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            That paltry story is untrue,
            And forged to cheat such gulls as you. --Hudibras.
      [1913 Webster]

            Forged certificates of his . . . moral character.
                                                  --Macaulay.

   Syn: To fabricate; counterfeit; feign; falsify.
        [1913 Webster]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
forged \forged\ (f[=o]rjd), adj.
   1. Not genuine; counterfeit; -- used mostly of signatures and
      documents. See forge, v. t., 4.

   Syn: bad.
        [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]

   2. shaped by strong pressure in a press, or by heatng and
      hammering; -- of metal objects.

   Note: Also used metaphorically of results requiring intense
         or difficult effort.
         [PJC]

Thesaurus Results for forged:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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