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forgery.

The act of forging metal into shape.

7 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈfɔː.dʒəɹ.ɪ/Received-Pronunciation/ˈfɔːɹ.d͡ʒəɹ.ɪ/US
  1. The act of forging metal into shape.

    countable · uncountable
    the forgery of horseshoes
  2. The act of forging, fabricating, or producing falsely; especially 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.

    countable · uncountable
    the forgery of a bond
  3. That which is forged, fabricated, falsely devised or counterfeited.

    countable · uncountable
  4. An invention, creation.

    archaic · countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Recorded since 1574; from forge + -ery, from Middle English forgen, via Anglo-Norman forger, from Old French forgier, from Latin fabricārī (“to frame, construct, fabricate”), itself from fabrica (“workshop; construction”), from faber (“workman, smith”). (fake): Compare typologically Russian кова́рный (kovárnyj), кова́рство (kovárstvo), ко́зни (kózni) (akin to кова́ть (kovátʹ), ку́зница (kúznica)).

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