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An ugly serpent which forestalled their way. Fairfax.
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But evermore those damsels did forestall
Their furious encounter. Spenser.
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To be forestalled ere we come to fall. Shak.
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Habit is a forestalled and obstinate judge. Rush.
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3. To deprive; -- with of. [R.]
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All the better; may
This night forestall him of the coming day! Shak.
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4. (Eng. Law) To obstruct or stop up, as a way; to stop the passage of on highway; to intercept on the road, as goods on the way to market.
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Coloq. To forestall the market , to buy or contract for merchandise or provision on its way to market, with the intention of selling it again at a higher price; to dissuade persons from bringing their goods or provisions there; or to persuade them to enhance the price when there. This was an offense at law in England until 1844. Burrill.

Syn. -- To anticipate; monopolize; engross.
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Forestaller (?), n. One who forestalls; esp., one who forestalls the market. Locke.
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Forestay (?), n. (Naut.) A large, strong rope, reaching from the foremast head to the bowsprit, to support the mast. See Illust. under .
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forested adj. covered with forest; as, efforts to protect forested lands of the northwest.
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Forester (?), n. [F. forestier, LL. forestarius.] 1. One who has charge of the growing timber on an estate; an officer appointed to watch a forest and preserve the game.
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2. An inhabitant of a forest. Wordsworth.
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3. A forest tree. [R.] Evelyn.
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4. (Zoöl.) A lepidopterous insect belonging to Alypia and allied genera; as, the eight-spotted forester (A. octomaculata), which in the larval state is injurious to the grapevine.
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Forestick (?), n. Front stick of a hearth fire.
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Forestry (?), n. [Cf. OF. foresterie.] The art of forming or of cultivating forests; the management of growing timber.

{ Foreswart (?), Foreswart (?), } a. [Obs.] See .
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Foretaste (?), n. A taste beforehand; enjoyment in advance; anticipation.
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Foretaste (?), v. t. 1. To taste before full possession; to have previous enjoyment or experience of; to anticipate.
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2. To taste before another. “Foretasted fruit.” Milton.
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Foretaster (? or ?), n. One who tastes beforehand, or before another.
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Foreteach (?), v. t. To teach beforehand. [Obs.]
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Foretell (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Foretold (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Foretelling.] To predict; to tell before occurence; to prophesy; to foreshow.
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Deeds then undone my faithful tongue foretold. Pope.
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Prodigies, foretelling the future eminence and luster of his character. C. Middleton.

Syn. -- To predict; prophesy; prognosticate; augur.
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Foretell, v. i. To utter predictions. Acts iii. 24.
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Foreteller (?), n. One who predicts. Boyle.
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Forethink (?), v. t. 1. To think beforehand; to anticipate in the mind; to prognosticate. [Obs.]
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The soul of every man
Prophetically doth forethink thy fall. Shak.
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2. To contrive (something) beforehend. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
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Forethink, v. i. To contrive beforehand. [Obs.]
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Forethought (?), a. Thought of, or planned, beforehand; aforethought; prepense; hence, deliberate. “Forethought malice.” Bacon.
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Forethought, n. A thinking or planning beforehand; prescience; premeditation; forecast; provident care.
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A sphere that will demand from him forethought, courage, and wisdom. I. Taylor.
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Forethoughtful (?), a. Having forethought. [R.]
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Foretime (?), n. The past; the time before the present. “A very dim foretime.” J. C. Shairp.
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Foretoken (?), n. [AS. foretācen. See .] Prognostic; previous omen. Sir P. Sidney.
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Foretoken (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Foretokened (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Foretokening (?).] [AS. foretācnian; fore + tācnian.] To foreshow; to presignify; to prognosticate.
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Whilst strange prodigious signs foretoken blood. Daniel.

Foretold (?), imp. & p. p. of .
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Fore tooth (?), pl. Fore teeth (�). (Anat.) One of the teeth in the forepart of the mouth; an incisor.
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Foretop (?), n. 1. The hair on the forepart of the head; esp., a tuft or lock of hair which hangs over the forehead, as of a horse.
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2. That part of a headdress that is in front; the top of a periwig.
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3. (Naut.) The platform at the head of the foremast.
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Fore-topgallant (? or ?), a. (Naut.) Designating the mast, sail, yard, etc., above the topmast; as, the fore-topgallant sail. See .
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Fore-topmast (?), n. (Naut.) The mast erected at the head of the foremast, and at the head of which stands the fore-topgallant mast; the mast next above the foremast. See .
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Fore-topsail (? or ?), n. (Naut.) the topsail on a foremast. See .
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Forever (fŏrĕvẽr), adv. [For, prep. + ever.] 1. Through eternity; through endless ages; eternally.
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2. At all times; always.
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☞ In England, for and ever are usually written and printed as two separate words; but, in the United States, the general practice is to make but a single word of them.
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Coloq. Forever and ever , an emphatic “forever.”

Syn. -- Constantly; continually; invariably; unchangeably; incessantly; always; perpetually; unceasingly; ceaselessly; interminably; everlastingly; endlessly; eternally.
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Forevouched (fōrvoucht), a. Formerly vouched or avowed; affirmed in advance. [R.] Shak.
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Foreward (fōrw�rd), n. The van; the front. [Obs.]
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My foreward shall be drawn out all in length,
Consisting equally of horse and foot. Shak.
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Forewarn (fōrw�rn), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Forewarned (fōrw�rnd); p. pr. & vb. n. Forewarning.] To warn beforehand; to give previous warning, admonition, information, or notice to; to caution in advance.
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We were forewarned of your coming. Shak.
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Forewaste (?), v. t. See . Gascoigne.
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Forewend (?), v. t. [Fore + wend.] To go before. [Obs.] Spenser.
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Forewish (?), v. t. To wish beforehand.
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Forewit (?), n. 1. A leader, or would-be leader, in matters of knowledge or taste. [Obs.]
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Nor that the forewits, that would draw the rest unto their liking, always like the best. B. Jonson.
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2. Foresight; prudence.
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Let this forewit guide thy thought. Southwell.
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Forewite (?), v. t. [pres. indic. sing., 1st & 3d pers. Forewot (?), 2d person Forewost (�), pl. Forewiten (�); imp. sing. Forewiste (?), pl. Forewisten (�); p. pr. & vb. n. Forewiting (?).] [AS. forewitan. See to know.] To foreknow. [Obs.] [Written also forwete.] Chaucer.
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Forewoman (?), n.; pl. Forewomen (�). A woman who is chief; a woman who has charge of the work or workers in a shop or other place; a head woman. Tatler. W. Besant.
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Foreword (?), n. A preface. Furnvall.
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Foreworn (?), a. [See .] Worn out; wasted; used up. [Archaic]
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Old foreworn stories almost forgotten. Brydges.
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Forewot (?), pres. indic., 1st & 3d pers. sing. of . [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Foreyard (?), n. (Naut.) The lowermost yard on the foremast. [See Illust. of .]
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Forfalture (?), n. Forfeiture. [Obs.]
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Forfeit (?), n. [OE. forfet crime, penalty, F. forfait crime (LL. forefactum, forifactum), prop. p. p. of forfaire to forfeit, transgress, fr. LL. forifacere, prop., to act beyond; L. foris out of doors, abroad, beyond + facere to do. See , and .] 1. Injury; wrong; mischief. [Obs. & R.]
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To seek arms upon people and country that never did us any forfeit. Ld. Berners.
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2. A thing forfeit or forfeited; what is or may be taken from one in requital of a misdeed committed; that which is lost, or the right to which is alienated, by a crime, offense, neglect of duty, or breach of contract; hence, a fine; a mulct; a penalty; as, he who murders pays the forfeit of his life.
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Thy slanders I forgive; and therewithal
Remit thy other forfeits. Shak.
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3. Something deposited and redeemable by a sportive fine; -- whence the game of forfeits.
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Country dances and forfeits shortened the rest of the day. Goldsmith.
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Forfeit, a. [F. forfait, p. p. of forfaire. See , n.] Lost or alienated for an offense or crime; liable to penal seizure.
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Thy wealth being forfeit to the state. Shak.
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To tread the forfeit paradise. Emerson.
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Forfeit, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Forfeited; p. pr. & vb. n. Forfeiting.] [OE. forfeten. See , n.] To lose, or lose the right to, by some error, fault, offense, or crime; to render one's self by misdeed liable to be deprived of; to alienate the right to possess, by some neglect or crime; as, to forfeit an estate by treason; to forfeit reputation by a breach of promise; -- with to before the one acquiring what is forfeited.
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[They] had forfeited their property by their crimes. Burke.
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Undone and forfeited to cares forever! Shak.
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Forfeit, v. i. 1. To be guilty of a misdeed; to be criminal; to transgress. [Obs.]
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2. To fail to keep an obligation. [Obs.]
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I will have the heart of him if he forfeit. Shak.
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Forfeit, p. p. or a. In the condition of being forfeited; subject to alienation. Shak.
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Once more I will renew
His lapsèd powers, though forfeite. Milton.
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Forfeitable (?), a. Liable to be forfeited; subject to forfeiture.
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For the future, uses shall be subject to the statutes of mortmain, and forfeitable, like the lands themselves. Blackstone.
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Forfeiter (?), n. One who incurs a penalty of forfeiture.
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Forfeiture (?; 135), n. [F. forfeiture, LL. forisfactura.] 1. The act of forfeiting; the loss of some right, privilege, estate, honor, office, or effects, by an offense, crime, breach of condition, or other act.
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Under pain of foreiture of the said goods. Hakluyt.
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2. That which is forfeited; a penalty; a fine or mulct.
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What should I gain
By the exaction of the forfeiture? Shak.

Syn. -- Fine; mulct; amercement; penalty.
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Forfend (?), v. t. [Pref. for- + fend. See .] To prohibit; to forbid; to avert. [Archaic]
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Which peril heaven forefend! Shak.
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☞ This is etymologically the preferable spelling.
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Forfered (fŏrfērĕd), p. p. & a. [See , and .] Excessively alarmed; in great fear. [Obs.] “Forfered of his death.” Chaucer.
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Forfete (?), v. i. [See .] To incur a penalty; to transgress. [Obs.]
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And all this suffered our Lord Jesus Christ that never forfeted. Chaucer.
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Forfex (?), n. [L.] A pair of shears. Pope.
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Forficate (?), a. [L. forfex, forficis, shears.] (Zoöl.) Deeply forked, as the tail of certain birds.
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Forficula (?), n. [L., small shears, scissors, dim. of forfex shears.] (Zoöl.) A genus of insects including the earwigs. See , 1.
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Forficulidae n. A natural family of insects incliuding the typical earwigs.
Syn. -- family Forficulidae.
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Forgather (?), v. i. To convene; to gossip; to meet accidentally. [Scot.] Jamieson.
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Within that circle he forgathered with many a fool. Wilson.
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Forgave (fŏrgāv), imp. of .
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Forge (fōrj), 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. .] 1. A place or establishment where iron or other metals are wrought by heating and hammering; especially, a furnace, or a shop with its furnace, etc., where iron is heated and wrought; a smithy.
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In the quick forge and working house of thought. Shak.
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2. The works where wrought iron is produced directly from the ore, or where iron is rendered malleable by puddling and shingling; a shingling mill.
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3. The act of beating or working iron or steel; the manufacture of metallic bodies. [Obs.]
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In the greater bodies the forge was easy. Bacon.
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Coloq. American forge , a forge for the direct production of wrought iron, differing from the old Catalan forge mainly in using finely crushed ore and working continuously. Raymond. -- Coloq. Catalan forge . (Metal.) See under . -- Coloq. Forge cinder , the dross or slag form a forge or bloomary. -- Coloq. Forge rolls , Coloq. Forge train , the train of rolls by which a bloom is converted into puddle bars. -- Coloq. Forge wagon (Mil.), a wagon fitted up for transporting a blackmith's forge and tools. -- Coloq. Portable forge , a light and compact blacksmith's forge, with bellows, etc., that may be moved from place to place.
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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 , n., and cf. .] 1. To form by heating and hammering; to beat into any particular shape, as a metal.
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Mars's armor forged for proof eterne. Shak.
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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.
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Forged certificates of his . . . moral character. Macaulay.

Syn. -- To fabricate; counterfeit; feign; falsify.
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Forge, v. i. [See , v. t., and for sense 2, cf. compel.] 1. To commit forgery.
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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 especially in the phrase to forge ahead. Totten.
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And off she [a ship] forged without a shock. De Quincey.
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Forge, v. t. (Naut.) To impel forward slowly; as, to forge a ship forward.
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forged (fōrjd), adj. 1. Not genuine; counterfeit; -- used mostly of signatures and documents. See , v. t., 4.
Syn. -- bad.
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2. shaped by strong pressure in a press, or by heatng and hammering; -- of metal objects. Also used metaphorically of results requiring intense or difficult effort.
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Forgeman (?), n.; pl. Forgemen (�). A skilled smith, who has a hammerer to assist him.
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Forger (?), n.[Cf. F. forgeur metal worker, L. fabricator artificer. See , n. & v. t., and cf. .] One who forges, makes, of forms; a fabricator; a falsifier.
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2. Especially: One guilty of forgery; one who makes or issues a counterfeit document.
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Forgery (?), n.; pl. Forgeries (#). [Cf. F. forgerie.] 1. The act of forging metal into shape. [Obs.]
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Useless the forgery
Of brazen shield and spear. Milton.
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2. The act of forging, fabricating, or producing falsely; esp., the crime of fraudulently making or altering a writing or signature purporting to be made by another; the false making or material alteration of or addition to a written instrument for the purpose of deceit and fraud; as, the forgery of a bond. Bouvier.
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3. That which is forged, fabricated, falsely devised, or counterfeited.
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These are the forgeries of jealously. Shak.
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The writings going under the name of Aristobulus were a forgery of the second century. Waterland.

Syn. -- ; . 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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