FORGE

I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin fabrica, from fabr-, faber smith Date: 13th century a furnace or a shop with its furnace where metal is heated and wrought ; smithy , a workshop where wrought iron is produced or where iron is made malleable, II. verb (~d; forging) Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to form (as metal) by heating and hammering, to form (metal) by a mechanical or hydraulic press with or without heat, to make or imitate falsely especially with intent to defraud ; counterfeit , to form or bring into being especially by an expenditure of effort , intransitive verb to work at a ~, to commit ~ry, ~ability noun ~able adjective III. intransitive verb (~d; forging) Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1611 to move forward slowly and steadily , to move with a sudden increase of speed and power