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forge
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /f??d??/
- (General American) IPA(key): /f??d??/
- (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /fo(?)?d??/
- (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /fo?d??/
- Rhymes: -??(?)d?
Etymology 1
From Middle English forge, from Old French forge, early Old French faverge, from Latin fabrica (“workshop”), from faber (“workman in hard materials, smith”) (genitive fabri). Cognate with Franco-Provençal favèrge.
Noun
forge (plural forges)
- Furnace or hearth where metals are heated prior to hammering them into shape.
- Workshop in which metals are shaped by heating and hammering them.
- The act of beating or working iron or steel.
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English forgen, from Anglo-Norman forger and Old French forgier, from Latin fabrico (“to frame, construct, build”).
Verb
forge (third-person singular simple present forges, present participle forging, simple past and past participle forged)
- (metallurgy) To shape a metal by heating and hammering.
- On Mars's armor forged for proof eterne
- To form or create with concerted effort.
- Those names that the schools forged, and put into the mouth of scholars, could never get admittance into common use.
- ?, Alfred Tennyson, Geraint and Enid
- […] do forge a life-long trouble for ourselves.
- To create a forgery of; to make a counterfeit item of; to copy or imitate unlawfully.
- To make falsely; to produce, as that which is untrue or not genuine; to fabricate.
- 1663, Samuel Butler, Hudibras
- That paltry story is untrue, / And forged to cheat such gulls as you.
- 1663, Samuel Butler, Hudibras
Derived terms
- forgery
Translations
Etymology 3
Make way, move ahead, most likely an alteration of force, but perhaps from forge (n.), via notion of steady hammering at something. Originally nautical, in reference to vessels.
Verb
forge (third-person singular simple present forges, present participle forging, simple past and past participle forged)
- (often as forge ahead) To move forward heavily and slowly (originally as a ship); to advance gradually but steadily; to proceed towards a goal in the face of resistance or difficulty.
- The party of explorers forged through the thick underbrush.
- We decided to forge ahead with our plans even though our biggest underwriter backed out.
- 1849, Thomas De Quincey, Dream-Fugue (published in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine)
- And off she [a ship] forged without a shock.
- (sometimes as forge ahead) To advance, move or act with an abrupt increase in speed or energy.
- With seconds left in the race, the runner forged into first place.
Translations
See also
- fabricate
- make up
- blacksmith
Anagrams
- gofer
French
Etymology
From Old French forge, from earlier faverge, inherited from Latin f?brica. Doublet of fabrique, which was borrowed.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f???/
Noun
forge f (plural forges)
- forge (workshop)
- forge (furnace)
Descendants
- ? Catalan: forja
- ? Franco-Provençal: fôrge
- ? Galician: forxa
- ? Italian: forgia
- ? Portuguese: forja
- ? Romanian: forj?
- ? Spanish: forja
Verb
forge
- first-person singular present indicative of forger
- third-person singular present indicative of forger
- first-person singular present subjunctive of forger
- third-person singular present subjunctive of forger
- second-person singular imperative of forger
Further reading
- “forge” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old French forge, from earlier faverge, from Latin fabrica.
Alternative forms
- fforge
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?f?rd?(?)/, /?f??rd?(?)/
Noun
forge
- forge (workshop)
Descendants
- English: forge
- Scots: forge
References
- “f??r?e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2
Verb
forge
- Alternative form of forgen
Old French
Etymology
From older faverge, from Latin f?brica.
Noun
forge f (oblique plural forges, nominative singular forge, nominative plural forges)
- forge (workshop)
Descendants
- French: forge
- ? Catalan: forja
- ? Franco-Provençal: fôrge
- ? Galician: forxa
- ? Italian: forgia
- ? Portuguese: forja
- ? Romanian: forj?
- ? Spanish: forja
- ? Middle English: forge, fforge
- English: forge
- Scots: forge
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compose
English
Etymology
From Middle English composen, from Old French composer (“to compose, compound, adjust, settle”), from com- + poser, as an adaptation of Latin componere (“to put together, compose”), from com- (“together”) + ponere (“to put, place”)
Pronunciation
- (General American) enPR: k?m-p?z?, IPA(key): /k?m?po?z/
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: k?m-p?z?, IPA(key): /k?m?p??z/
- Rhymes: -??z
Verb
compose (third-person singular simple present composes, present participle composing, simple past and past participle composed)
- (transitive) To make something by merging parts. [from later 15th c.]
- December 22 1678, Thomas Sprat, A Sermon Preached before the King at White-Hall
- Zeal ought to be composed of the highest degrees of all pious affection.
- December 22 1678, Thomas Sprat, A Sermon Preached before the King at White-Hall
- (transitive) To make up the whole; to constitute.
- A few useful things […] compose their intellectual possessions.
- (transitive, nonstandard) To comprise.
- (transitive or intransitive) To construct by mental labor; to think up; particularly, to produce or create a literary or musical work.
- 1714, Alexander Pope, Imitation of Horace, Book II. Sat. 6
- Let me […] compose / Something in Verse as true as Prose.
- 1838, Benjamin Haydon, Painting, and the fine arts
- the genius that composed such works as the "Standard" and "Last Supper"
- 1714, Alexander Pope, Imitation of Horace, Book II. Sat. 6
- (sometimes reflexive) To calm; to free from agitation.
- Compose thy mind; / Nor frauds are here contrived, nor force designed.
- To arrange the elements of a photograph or other picture.
- To settle (an argument, dispute etc.); to come to a settlement.
- 2010, Christopher Hitchens, Hitch-22, Atlantic 2011, p. 280:
- By trying his best to compose matters with the mullahs, he had sincerely shown that he did not seek a violent collision […]
- 2010, Christopher Hitchens, Hitch-22, Atlantic 2011, p. 280:
- To arrange in proper form; to reduce to order; to put in proper state or condition.
- In a peaceful grave my corpse compose.
- (printing, dated) To arrange (types) in a composing stick for printing; to typeset.
Synonyms
- (make up the whole): constitute, form; see also Thesaurus:compose
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
French
Verb
compose
- first-person singular present indicative of composer
- third-person singular present indicative of composer
- first-person singular present subjunctive of composer
- third-person singular present subjunctive of composer
- second-person singular imperative of composer
Italian
Verb
compose
- third-person singular past historic of comporre
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