<B>forge</B> (1), noun, verb, <B>forged,</B> <B>forging.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a place with a fire where metal is heated very hot and then hammered into shape; an open fireplace or hearth with a bellows attached. A blacksmith uses a forge. <DD><B> 2. </B>a blacksmith's shop; smithy. <BR> <I>Ex. The blacksmith came out of the forge to fit the horseshoe.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>a place where iron or other metal is melted and refined. <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to heat (metal) very hot and then hammer into shape. <BR> <I>Ex. The blacksmith forged a bar of iron into a big hook.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) to make, shape, or form. <BR> <I>Ex. Yet do the songsmiths Quit not their forges; Still on life's anvil Forge they the rhyme (Sir William Watson).</I> (SYN) fashion, frame, construct. <DD><B> 3. </B>to make or write (something false) to deceive; sign falsely to deceive. <BR> <I>Ex. to forge a check, to forge a passport.</I> (SYN) counterfeit, falsify. <DD><B> 4. </B>to sign (another's name) falsely to deceive. <BR> <I>Ex. to forge a signature.</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to work at a forge. <DD><B> 2. </B>to commit forgery. <BR> <I>Ex. But pens can forge, my friend, that cannot write (Alexander Pope).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(of horses) to strike the forward shoe with the rear one in walking or running; overreach. </DL>
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<B>forge</B> (2), intransitive verb, <B>forged,</B> <B>forging.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to move forward slowly but steadily. <BR> <I>Ex. One runner forged ahead of the others and won the race.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(of a vessel) to move along by momentum or the pressure of tide. </DL>
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<B>forgeability, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the quality or property of being forgeable. </DL>
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<B>forgeable, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that can be forged. </DL>
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<B>forgemaster, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a person in charge of a forge. <DD><B> 2. </B>a master forger. </DL>
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<B>forger, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a person who forges another person's name or makes any fraudulent imitation. <DD><B> 2. </B>a person who forges metals; a smith. </DL>
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<B>forgery, </B>noun, pl. <B>-geries.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the act of forging a signature, or making or writing something false. Forgery is a crime and is punishable by law. <DD><B> 2. </B>something made or written falsely to deceive. <BR> <I>Ex. The painting was a forgery. The signature on the check was not mine but a forgery.</I> (SYN) counterfeit. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Poetic.) invention; fiction. </DL>
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<B>forget, </B>verb, <B>-got</B> or (Archaic) <B>-gat,</B> <B>-gotten</B> or <B>-got,</B> <B>-getting.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to let go out of the mind; fail to remember; be unable to remember. <BR> <I>Ex. He forgot the poem which he had memorized. He has forgotten more than I ever learned.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to fail to think of; fail to do without meaning to. <BR> <I>Ex. I forgot to call the dentist.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to fail to take; leave behind. <BR> <I>Ex. He had forgotten his umbrella.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>to neglect to mention; pass over in silence; disregard; slight. <BR> <I>Ex. Let us not forget the Constitution when we discuss civil liberties.</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> to be forgetful; fail to remember; be unable to remember. <BR> <I>Ex. Wear your hatif it's cold; don't forget.</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>forget it,</B> </I>(U.S. Informal.) to take no notice of it; not mention it. <BR> <I>Ex. He was going to thank me, but I told him to forget it.</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>forget oneself,</B> <DD><B> a. </B>to think of others before oneself; put the interests of others before one's own interests; be unselfish. </I> <I>Ex. The miser forgot himself for once, and gave the beggar a coin.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>to fail to consider what one should do or be; say or do something improper. <BR> <I>Ex. The angry man forgot himself and started to shout in front of everybody in the bus. Urge me no more, I shall forget myself (Shakespeare).</I> <DD><B> c. </B>to become absentminded. <BR> <I>Ex. Forgetting himself, the daydreaming child almost got lost in the park.</I> <DD><B> d. </B>to lose consciousness, as if in sleep. <BR> <I>Ex. Though cold like you, unmov'd and silent grown, I have not yet forgot myself (Alexander Pope).</I> </DL>
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<B>forgetful, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>apt to forget; having a poor memory. <BR> <I>Ex. Old people sometimes become forgetful.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>neglecting; heedless. <BR> <I>Ex. forgetful of the law.</I> (SYN) neglectful, oblivious, unmindful. <DD><B> 3. </B>causing to forget. <BR> <I>Ex. The sound of that forgetful shore (Tennyson).</I> adv. <B>forgetfully.</B> noun <B>forgetfulness.</B> </DL>
<B>forget-me-not, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>any one of several small plants with hairy stems, light green leaves, and clusters of small blue, pink, or white flowers. It belongs to the borage family and is frequently regarded as a symbol of friendship. <DD><B> 2. </B>any one of several similar plants. <DD><B> 3. </B>the flower of any one of these plants. </DL>
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<B>forgettability, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the quality of being forgettable. </DL>
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<B>forgettable, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that can or is likely to be forgotten; not memorable. <BR> <I>Ex. a forgettable face, forgettable characters.</I> noun <B>forgettableness.</B> </DL>
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<B>forgetter, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who forgets. </DL>
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<B>forgettery, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Dialect or Informal.) a capacity or aptitude for forgetting; inability to remember. </DL>
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<B>forge water,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> water in which hot irons have been dipped, formerly in popular use as a medicine. [because such irons are used in a <I>forge</I>] </DL>
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<B>Forghan</B> or <B>Forgan, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a Moslem organization in Iran opposing the revolutionary government established in 1979. <BR> <I>Ex. As Khomeini pressed through his ideas on the Islamic government of Iran, ... the ultra-Muslim Forghan terrorist group perpetrated a series of assassinations against the senior clergy (H.V. Hodson).</I> </DL>
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<B>forging, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>something forged; a piece of metal that is forged. <DD><B> 2. </B>the act or process of shaping metal on a forge. <DD><B> 3. </B><B>=forgery.</B> </DL>
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<B>forging press,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a machine which presses down vertically on hot metal to shape it under pressure between dies. </DL>
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<B>forgivable, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that can be forgiven; excusable; pardonable. <BR> <I>Ex. An irremissible sin, an inexcusable sin; yet to him that will truly repent, it is forgivable (Hugh Latimer).</I> </DL>
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<B>forgivably, </B>adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> in a forgivable manner; pardonably. </DL>
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<B>forgive, </B>verb, <B>-gave,</B> <B>-given,</B> <B>-giving.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to give up the wish to punish or get even with; not have hard feelings at or toward; pardon; excuse. <BR> <I>Ex. She forgave her brother for breaking her doll. Please forgive my mistake.</I> (SYN) absolve. <DD><B> 2. </B>to give up all claim to; not demand payment for. <BR> <I>Ex. to forgive a debt.</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> to give forgiveness; pardon. <BR> <I>Ex. To err is human, to forgive, divine (Alexander Pope).</I> noun <B>forgiver.</B> </DL>
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<B>forgiven, </B>verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> the past participle of <B>forgive.</B> <BR> <I>Ex. Your mistakes are forgiven, but be more careful.</I> </DL>
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<B>forgiveness, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the act of forgiving; pardon. <BR> <I>Ex. Prayer can be a plea for forgiveness that would otherwise remain unuttered.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>willingness to forgive. <BR> <I>Ex. His forgiveness made her realize how unselfish he was.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>remission of a debt, obligation, or penalty. <BR> <I>Ex. Republicans urge a 20% "forgiveness" for the first $100 of tax (Wall Street Journal).</I> </DL>
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<B>forgiving, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that forgives; willing to forgive. (SYN) remissive. adv. <B>forgivingly.</B> noun <B>forgivingness.</B> </DL>
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<B>forgo, </B>transitive verb, <B>-went,</B> <B>-gone,</B> <B>-going.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to do without; give up. <BR> <I>Ex. She decided to forgo the movies and do her lessons.</I> (SYN) surrender, relinquish, sacrifice. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Archaic.) <DD><B> a. </B>to go or pass by. <DD><B> b. </B>to neglect; overlook. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Archaic.) to leave; quit. <BR> <I>Ex. I wish I might this weary life forgo, And shortly turn unto my happy rest (Edmund Spenser).</I> <DD> Also, <B>forego.</B> noun <B>forgoer.</B> </DL>
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<B>forgone, </B>verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> the past participle of <B>forgo.</B> <BR> <I>Ex. She has forgone dessert for a month in an effort to lose weight.</I> </DL>
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<B>forgot, </B>verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> a past tense and a past participle of <B>forget.</B> <BR> <I>Ex. He was so busy that he forgot to eat his lunch.</I> </DL>
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<B>forgotten, </B>verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> a past participle of <B>forget.</B> <BR> <I>Ex. He has forgotten much of what he learned.</I> </DL>
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<B>forgotten man,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Politics.) a person belonging to the middle class or working class. <BR> <I>Ex. Buckley's most ardent supporters ... were mostly "the forgotten men"--office clerks, construction workers, taxicab drivers (New Yorker).</I> </DL>
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<B>for-hire, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> for use or work in return for payment; hireable or rentable. <BR> <I>Ex. for-hire trucks.</I> </DL>
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<B>for-instance, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Informal.) an example. <BR> <I>Ex. Just to give you a for-instance, we're cloud-seeding the Rockies (New Yorker).</I> </DL>
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<B>forint, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the basic unit of money of Hungary, worth 100 filler. </DL>
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<B>forjudge, </B>transitive verb, <B>-judged,</B> <B>-judging.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Law.) to exclude or deprive by a judgment. Also, <B>forejudge.</B> </DL>
