v. t. to forge with a drop forge; -- of metals. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a device for making large forgings, in which a heavy hammer drops onto the metalwork to be forged, pressing it into a form or anvil underneath, or between dies.
Syn. -- drop hammer, drop press. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

v. i. To convene; to gossip; to meet accidentally. [ Scot. ] Jamieson. [ 1913 Webster ]

Within that circle he forgathered with many a fool. Wilson. [ 1913 Webster ]

imp. of Forgive. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. forge, fr. L. fabrica the workshop of an artisan who works in hard materials, fr. faber artisan, smith, as adj., skillful, ingenious; cf. Gr. &unr_; soft, tender. Cf. Fabric. ] 1. A place or establishment where iron or other metals are wrought by heating and hammering; especially, a furnace, or a shop with its furnace, etc., where iron is heated and wrought; a smithy. [ 1913 Webster ]

In the quick forge and working house of thought. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The works where wrought iron is produced directly from the ore, or where iron is rendered malleable by puddling and shingling; a shingling mill. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The act of beating or working iron or steel; the manufacture of metallic bodies. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

In the greater bodies the forge was easy. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

American forge, a forge for the direct production of wrought iron, differing from the old Catalan forge mainly in using finely crushed ore and working continuously. Raymond. --
Catalan forge. (Metal.) See under Catalan. --
Forge cinder, the dross or slag form a forge or bloomary. --
Forge rolls,
Forge train, the train of rolls by which a bloom is converted into puddle bars. --
Forge wagon (Mil.), a wagon fitted up for transporting a blackmith's forge and tools. --
Portable forge, a light and compact blacksmith's forge, with bellows, etc., that may be moved from place to place. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Forged p. pr. & vb. n. Forging ] [ F. forger, OF. forgier, fr. L. fabricare, fabricari, to form, frame, fashion, from fabrica. See Forge, n., and cf. Fabricate. ] 1. To form by heating and hammering; to beat into any particular shape, as a metal. [ 1913 Webster ]

Mars's armor forged for proof eterne. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To form or shape out in any way; to produce; to frame; to invent. [ 1913 Webster ]

Those names that the schools forged, and put into the mouth of scholars, could never get admittance into common use. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

Do forge a life-long trouble for ourselves. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To coin. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To make falsely; to produce, as that which is untrue or not genuine; to fabricate; to counterfeit, as, a signature, or a signed document. [ 1913 Webster ]

That paltry story is untrue,
And forged to cheat such gulls as you. Hudibras. [ 1913 Webster ]

Forged certificates of his . . . moral character. Macaulay.

Syn. -- To fabricate; counterfeit; feign; falsify. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ See Forge, v. t., and for sense 2, cf. Forge compel. ] 1. To commit forgery. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Naut.) To move heavily and slowly, as a ship after the sails are furled; to work one's way, as one ship in outsailing another; -- used especially in the phrase to forge ahead. Totten. [ 1913 Webster ]

And off she [ a ship ] forged without a shock. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. (Naut.) To impel forward slowly; as, to forge a ship forward. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. Not genuine; counterfeit; -- used mostly of signatures and documents. See forge, v. t., 4.
Syn. -- bad. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

2. shaped by strong pressure in a press, or by heatng and hammering; -- of metal objects. Also used metaphorically of results requiring intense or difficult effort. [ PJC ]

n.; pl. Forgemen A skilled smith, who has a hammerer to assist him. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.[ Cf. F. forgeur metal worker, L. fabricator artificer. See Forge, n. & v. t., and cf. Fabricator. ] One who forges, makes, of forms; a fabricator; a falsifier. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Especially: One guilty of forgery; one who makes or issues a counterfeit document. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Forgeries [ Cf. F. forgerie. ] 1. The act of forging metal into shape. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Useless the forgery
Of brazen shield and spear. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act of forging, fabricating, or producing falsely; esp., 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; as, the forgery of a bond. Bouvier. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. That which is forged, fabricated, falsely devised, or counterfeited. [ 1913 Webster ]

These are the forgeries of jealously. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

The writings going under the name of Aristobulus were a forgery of the second century. Waterland.

Syn. -- Counterfeit; Forgery. Counterfeit is chiefly used of imitations of coin, or of paper money, or of securities depending upon pictorial devices and engraved designs for identity or assurance of genuineness. Forgery is more properly applied to making a false imitation of an instrument depending on signatures to show genuineness and validity. Abbott. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. Forgot Forgat Obs.); p. p. Forgotten Forgot; p. pr. & vb. n. Forgetting. ] [ OE. forgeten, foryeten, AS. forgietan, forgitan; pref. for- + gietan, gitan (only in comp.), to get; cf. D. vergeten, G. vergessen, Sw. förgäta, Dan. forgiette. See For-, and Get, v. t. ] 1. To lose the remembrance of; to let go from the memory; to cease to have in mind; not to think of; also, to lose the power of; to cease from doing. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits. Ps. ciii. 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let my right hand forget her cunning. Ps. cxxxvii. 5. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hath thy knee forget to bow? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To treat with inattention or disregard; to slight; to neglect. [ 1913 Webster ]

Can a woman forget her sucking child? . . . Yes, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee. Is. xlix. 15. [ 1913 Webster ]

To forget one's self. (a) To become unmindful of one's own personality; to be lost in thought. (b) To be entirely unselfish. (c) To be guilty of what is unworthy of one; to lose one's dignity, temper, or self-control. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Apt to forget; easily losing remembrance; as, a forgetful man should use helps to strengthen his memory. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Heedless; careless; neglectful; inattentive. [ 1913 Webster ]

Be not forgetful to entertain strangers. Heb. xiii. 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Causing to forget; inducing oblivion; oblivious. [ Archaic or Poetic ] “The forgetful wine.” J. Webster. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a forgetful manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The quality of being forgetful; prononess to let slip from the mind. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Loss of remembrance or recollection; a ceasing to remember; oblivion. [ 1913 Webster ]

A sweet forgetfulness of human care. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Failure to bear in mind; careless omission; inattention; as, forgetfulness of duty.

Syn. -- Forgetfulnes, Oblivion. Forgetfulness is Anglo-Saxon, and oblivion is Latin. The former commonly has reference to persons, and marks a state of mind; the latter commonly has reference to things, and indicates a condition into which they are sunk. We blame a man for his forgetfulness; we speak of some old custom as buried in oblivion. But this discrimination is not strictly adhered to. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From Forge. ] Inventive; productive; capable. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. G. vergissmeinnicht. ] (Bot.) A small perennial herb, of the genus Myosotis (Myosotis scorpiodes, Myosotis palustris, Myosotis incespitosa, etc.), bearing a beautiful bright blue or white flowers, and extensively considered the emblem of fidelity.
Syn. -- mouse ear, . [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

☞ Formerly the name was given to the Ajuga Chamæpitus. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Liable to be, or that may be, forgotten. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who forgets; a heedless person. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. By forgetting. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of shaping metal by hammering or pressing. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act of counterfeiting. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Mach.) A piece of forged work in metal; -- a general name for a piece of hammered iron or steel. [ 1913 Webster ]

There are very few yards in the world at which such forgings could be turned out. London Times. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being forgiven; pardonable; venial. Sherwood. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. Forgave p. p. Forgiven p. pr. & vb. n. Forgiving ] [ OE. forgiven, foryiven, foryeven, AS. forgiefan, forgifan; perh. for- + giefan, gifan to give; cf. D. vergeven, G. vergeben, Icel. fyrirgefa, Sw. f&unr_;rgifva, Goth. fragiban to give, grant. See For-, and Give, v. t. ] 1. To give wholly; to make over without reservation; to resign. [ 1913 Webster ]

To them that list the world's gay shows I leave,
And to great ones such folly do forgive. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To give up resentment or claim to requital on account of (an offense or wrong); to remit the penalty of; to pardon; -- said in reference to the act forgiven. [ 1913 Webster ]

And their sins should be forgiven them. Mark iv. 12. [ 1913 Webster ]

He forgive injures so readily that he might be said to invite them. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To cease to feel resentment against, on account of wrong committed; to give up claim to requital from or retribution upon (an offender); to absolve; to pardon; -- said of the person offending. [ 1913 Webster ]

Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. Luke xxiii. 34. [ 1913 Webster ]

I as free forgive you, as I would be fforgiven. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Sometimes both the person and the offense follow as objects of the verb, sometimes one and sometimes the other being the indirect object. “Forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors.” Matt. vi. 12. “Be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee.” Matt. ix. 2.

Syn. -- See excuse. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. forgifnes. ] 1. The act of forgiving; the state of being forgiven; as, the forgiveness of sin or of injuries. [ 1913 Webster ]

To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses. Dan. ix. 9. [ 1913 Webster ]

In whom we have . . . the forgiveness of sin. Eph. i. 7. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Disposition to pardon; willingness to forgive. [ 1913 Webster ]

If thou, Lord, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand? But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared. Ps. cxxx. 3, 4.

Syn. -- Pardon, remission. -- Forgiveness, Pardon. Forgiveness is Anglo-Saxon, and pardon Norman French, both implying a giving back. The word pardon, being early used in our Bible, has, in religious matters, the same sense as forgiveness; but in the language of common life there is a difference between them, such as we often find between corresponding Anglo-Saxon and Norman words. Forgive points to inward feeling, and suppose alienated affection; when we ask forgiveness, we primarily seek the removal of anger. Pardon looks more to outward things or consequences, and is often applied to trifling matters, as when we beg pardon for interrupting a man, or for jostling him in a crowd. The civil magistrate also grants a pardon, and not forgiveness. The two words are, therefore, very clearly distinguished from each other in most cases which relate to the common concerns of life. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who forgives. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Disposed to forgive; inclined to overlook offenses; mild; merciful; compassionate; placable; as, a forgiving temper.

-- For*giv"ing*ly, adv. -- For*giv"ing*ness, n. J. C. Shairp. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a tendency to be kind and forgiving.
Syn. -- kindness. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ imp. Forwent; p. p. Forgone; p. pr. & vb. n. Forgoing. ] [ OE. forgan, forgon, forgoon, AS. forgān, prop., to go past, hence, to abstain from; pref. for- + gān to go; akin to G. vergehen to pass away, to transgress. See Go, v. i. ] 1. To pass by; to leave. See 1st Forego. [ 1913 Webster ]

For sith [ since ] I shall forgoon my liberty
At your request. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

And four [ days ] since Florimell the court forwent. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. to abstain from; to do without; to refrain from; to renounce; -- said of a thing already enjoyed, or of one within reach, or anticipated. See 1st forego, 2. [ PJC ]

☞ This word in spelling has been confused with, and almost superseded by, forego to go before. Etymologically the form forgo is correct. [ 1913 Webster ]

imp. & p. p. of Forget. [ 1913 Webster ]

p. p. of Forget. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. re- + forge: cf. F. reforger. ] To forge again or anew; hence, to fashion or fabricate anew; to make over. Udall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who reforges. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not forgettable; enduring in memory. [ 1913 Webster ]

Pungent and unforgettable truths. Emerson. [ 1913 Webster ]

See drainable.
See dramatic.
See drinkable.
See durable.
See duteous.
See dutiful.
See earnest.
See eatable.
See ecclesiastical.
See edible.
See elaborate.
See elective.
See elusive.
See emotional.
See emphatic. See employable.
See employable.
See endurable.
See -English.
See entire.
See enviable.
See envious.
See episcopal.
See equable.
See errable.
See escapable.
See evangelical.
See eventful.
See evident.
See exact.
See examinable.
See exceptionable.
See exclusive.
See exemplary.
See exempt.
See exhaustible.
See existent.
See expectable.
See expectant.
See explainable.
See express.
See expressible.
See expugnable.
See extinct.
See factious.
See fadable.
See fain.
See familiar.
See famous.
See fashionable.
See fast.
See fatherly.
See fathomable.
See faulty.
See fearful.
See feasible.
See felicitous.
See felt.
See feminine.
See fermentable.
See festival.
See fine.
See fleshy.
See fluent.
See forcible.
See fordable.
See foreknowable.
See foreseeable.
See forgetful.
See forgivable.
See formal.
See framable.
See fraternal.
See friable.
See frightful.
See frustrable.
See full.
See gainable.
See gainful.
See gallant.
See genial.
See genteel.
See gentle.
See gentlemanlike.
See gentlemanly.
See geometrical.
See ghostly.
See glad.
See godlike.
See good.
See goodly.
See gorgeous.
See grammatical.
See grave.
See guidable.
See guilty.
See habile.
See habitable.
See hale.
See handy.
See hardy.
See harmful.
See hasty.
See hazardous.
See healable.
See healthful.
See healthy.
See heavenly.
See heedful.
See helpful.
See heritable.
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[ 1913 Webster ]

See accommodating.
See aching.
See ailing.
See aiming.
See alarming.
See altering.
See appreciating.
See approving.
See aspiring.
See assisting.
See attempting.
See attending.
See bearing.
See befitting.
See beginning.
See believing.
See bleaching.
See bleeding.
See blemishing.
See blenching.
See blossoming.
See blushing.
See boding.
See branching.
See breathing.
See burning.
See calculating.
See ceasing.
See changing.
See charming.
See communicating.
See complaining.
See complying.
See conceiving.
See conducing.
See confessing.
See conniving.
See consenting.
See considering.
See conspiring.
See consulting.
See consuming.
See contending.
See contriving.
See conversing.
See convincing.
See dawning.
See decaying.
See delaying.
See depending.
See derogating.
See deserving.
See desiring.
See despairing.
See detesting.
See deviating.
See differencing.
See discerning.
See discording.
See discriminating.
See disobliging.
See dispensing.
See dissembling.
See dissolving.
See distinguishing.
See distracting.
See disturbing.
See doubting.
See dreading.
See drooping.
See ebbing.
See echoing.
See edifying.
See ending.
See enduring.
See engaging.
See enjoying.
See entering.
See enterprising.
See entertaining.
See envying.
See existing.
See fadging.
See fading.
See fainting.
See faltering.
See fearing.
See feigning.
See fighting.
See fitting.
See flagging.
See flattering.
See flinching.
See folding.
See forbearing.
See foreboding.
See foreseeing.
See forgiving.
See giving.
See grudging.
See harming.
See heeding.
See hesitating.
See hoping.
See hurting.
See importing.
See imposing.
See improving.
See interesting.
See intermitting.
See intoxicating.
See inviting.
See jarring.
See laboring.
See lingering.
See listening.
See loving.
See meddling.
See meriting.
See mistrusting.
See moving.
See murmuring.
See obliging.
See observing.
See offending.
See opening.
See pardoning.
See paying.
See perceiving.
See performing.
See perishing.
See pitying.
See pleasing.
See possessing.
See preaching.
See prepossessing.
See presuming.
See pretending.
See prevailing.
See prevaricating.
See profiting.
See promising.
See proving.
See quailing.
See questioning.
See reasoning.
See recalling.
See reclining.
See recurring.
See referring.
See reflecting.
See refunding.
See refusing.
See rejoicing.
See relaxing.
See relishing.
See remembering.
See repenting.
See repining.
See reproving.
See repulsing.
See resisting.
See resolving.
See resting.
See returning.
See rewarding.
See sanctifying.
See satisfying.
See searching.
See seeing.
See setting.
See shrinking.
See sinking.
See sleeping.
See slipping.
See slumbering.
See speaking.
See stinting.
See stirring.
See stooping.
See submitting.
See sufficing.
See suiting.
See surging.
See suspecting.
See sweating.
See swerving.
See sympathizing.
See tasting.
See thriving.
See tiring.
See toiling.
See trading.
See trembling.
See trespassing.
See trifling.
See vacillating.
See varying.
See walking.
See wandering.
See waning.
See wasting.
See wavering.
See weeping.
See winking.
See winning.
See withdrawing.
See withering.
See wondering.
See working.
See writing.
See yielding.
----- and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

The above classes of words are unlimited in extent, and such compounds may be formed by any writer or speaker at will from almost all the adjectives or participles in the language, excepting those which have a recognized and usual negative correspondent with the prefix -in. No attempt will be made, therefore, to define them all in this Dictionary; many will be omitted from its Vocabulary which are negations of the simple word, and are readily explained by prefixing a not to the latter. Derivatives of these words in -ly and -ness will also, for the most part, be omitted for the same or similar reasons. [ 1913 Webster ]

There will be inserted as separate articles with definitions, the following: -- [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Those which have acquired an opposed or contrary, instead of a merely negative, meaning; as, unfriendly, ungraceful, unpalatable, unquiet, and the like; or else an intensive sense more than a prefixed not would express; as, unending, unparalleled, undisciplined, undoubted, unsafe, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Those which have the value of independent words, inasmuch as the simple words are either not used at all, or are rarely, or at least much less frequently, used; as, unavoidable, unconscionable, undeniable, unspeakable, unprecedented, unruly, and the like; or inasmuch as they are used in a different sense from the usual meaning of the primitive, or especially in one of the significations of the latter; as, unaccountable, unalloyed, unbelieving, unpretending, unreserved, and the like; or inasmuch as they are so frequently and familiarly used that they are hardly felt to be of negative origin; as, uncertain, uneven, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Those which are anomalous, provincial, or, for some other reason, not desirable to be used, and are so indicated; as, unpure for impure, unsatisfaction for dissatisfaction, unexpressible for inexpressible, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

II. Un- is prefixed to nouns to express the absence of, or the contrary of, that which the noun signifies; as, unbelief, unfaith, unhealth, unrest, untruth, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Compounds of this last class are given in full in their proper order in the Vocabulary. [ 1913 Webster ]