Forge, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Forged (fōrjd); 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.
Mars's armor forged for proof eterne. Shak.
2. To form or shape out in any way; to produce; to frame; to invent.
Those names that the schools forged, and put into the mouth of scholars, could never get admittance into common use. Locke.
Do forge a life-long trouble for ourselves. Tennyson.
3. To coin. Chaucer.
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.