Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to forge
Participle: forged
Gerund: forging
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | forge |
| you | forge |
| he;she;it | forges |
| we | forge |
| you | forge |
| they | forge |
Perfect
| I | have forged |
| you | have forged |
| he;she;it | has forged |
| we | have forged |
| you | have forged |
| they | have forged |
Past
| I | forged |
| you | forged |
| he;she;it | forged |
| we | forged |
| you | forged |
| they | forged |
Pluperfect
| I | had forged |
| you | had forged |
| he;she;it | had forged |
| we | had forged |
| you | had forged |
| they | had forged |
Future
| I | will forge |
| you | will forge |
| he;she;it | will forge |
| we | will forge |
| you | will forge |
| they | will forge |
Future Perfect
| I | will have forged |
| you | will have forged |
| he;she;it | will have forged |
| we | will have forged |
| you | will have forged |
| they | will have forged |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | forge |
| you | forge |
| he;she;it | forge |
| we | forge |
| you | forge |
| they | forge |
Perfect
| I | have forged |
| you | have forged |
| he;she;it | have forged |
| we | have forged |
| you | have forged |
| they | have forged |
Imperfect
| I | forged |
| you | forged |
| he;she;it | forged |
| we | forged |
| you | forged |
| they | forged |
Pluperfect
| I | had forged |
| you | had forged |
| he;she;it | had forged |
| we | had forged |
| you | had forged |
| they | had forged |
Conditional
Present
| I | would forge |
| you | would forge |
| he;she;it | would forge |
| we | would forge |
| you | would forge |
| they | would forge |
Perfect
| I | would have forged |
| you | would have forged |
| he;she;it | would have forged |
| we | would have forged |
| you | would have forged |
| they | would have forged |
Imperative
| you | forge |
| we | Let's forge |
| you | forge |
Verbs conjugated like 'forge'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'forge'
fonge,
forage,
force,
forget,
forgo,
gorge,
orge,
barge,
bodge,
bore,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1279, from O.Fr.
forge, earlier
faverge, from L.
fabrica "workshop," from
faber (gen.
fabri) "workman in hard materials, smith." Sense of "to counterfeit" is in Anglo-Fr. verb
forger "falsify," from O.Fr.
forgier, from L.
fabricari "to frame, construct, build."
Forgery is first recorded 1574.
2. From Middle English forgen, from Anglo-Norman forger and Old French forgier, from Latin fabrico (“to frame, construct, build”). Doublet of fabricate. See: Middle English '
forgen', Anglo-Norman '
forger', Old French '
forgier', Latin '
fabrico'.
Verbs referencing "forge"
Ido forjar, Esperanto
forĝi.
Sample Sentences
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On Mars's armor forged for proof eterne [c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii], line 451:]
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Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out.[…]. Ikey the blacksmith had forged us a spearhead after a sketch from a picture of a Greek warrior; and a rake-handle served as a shaft. [1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter II, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC:]
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The politician's recent actions are an effort to forge a relationship with undecided voters.
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Those names that the schools forged, and put into the mouth of scholars, could never get admittance into common use. [1689 (indicated as 1690), [John Locke], An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. […], London: […] Eliz[abeth] Holt, for Thomas Basset, […], →OCLC:]
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O purblind race of miserable men, / How many among us at this very hour / Do forge a life-long trouble for ourselves. / By taking true for false, or false for true. [1859, Alfred Tennyson, “Enid”, in Idylls of the King, London: Edward Moxon & Co., […], →OCLC, pages 45–46:]
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In The Last Guardian, a kidnapped boy forges an uneasy relationship with a frightening beast in order to survive. [2019 May 8, Jon Bailes, “Save yourself! The video games casting us as helpless children”, in The Guardian:]
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He had to forge his ex-wife's signature. The jury learned the documents had been forged.
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That paltry story is untrue, / And forged to cheat such gulls as you. [1662 (indicated as 1663), [Samuel Butler], “[The First Part of Hudibras]”, in Hudibras. The First and Second Parts. […], London: […] John Martyn and Henry Herringman, […], published 1678; republished in A[lfred] R[ayney] Waller, editor, Hudibras: Written in the Time of the Late Wars, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: University Press, 1905, →OCLC:]