different between forted vs forged

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?f??t?d/

Verb

forted

1. simple past tense and past participle of fort

Adjective

forted (comparative more forted, superlative most forted)

1. Ensconced in or protected by a fort.
   • 1834, David Crockett, A Narrative of the Life of, Nebraska 1987, p. 104:

     The fort was built right in the middle of a large old field, and in it the people had been forted so long and so quietly, that they didn't apprehend any danger at all, and had, therefore, become quite careless.

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f??d?d/

Adjective

forged (not comparable)

1. Fake (as documents); falsified.

   Forged identification documents were used to enter the building.

2. Fabricated by forging or at a forge, by working hot metal

   The blacksmith made an expertly forged horseshoe by beating the red hot metal with his hammer.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:fake

Translations

Verb

forged

1. past participle of forge. To force forward against opposition.

   He forged forward against the current, even as it tried to sweep him down river.

Anagrams

• defrog