forge (v.) Copy link Outline I. Lit., to f. metal1. fabrĭcor or fabrĭco, 1 (to manufacture)2. prōcūdo, di, sum, 33. excūdo, di, sum, 3 (like preced.)4. eūdo, di, sum, 3 (less freq. than comps.)5. rĕcŏquo, xi, ctum, 3 (to f. [lit. heat] over again)6. diffingo, nxi, ctum, 3 (to fashion differently7. dūco, xi, ctum, 3II. To counterfeit1. subjĭcio, jēci, jectum, 3 (strictly to substitute)2. suppōno, pŏsui, pŏsĭtum, 3 (like preced.)3. subdo, dĭdi, dĭtum, 3 (less freq.)4. interpŏlo, 1 (to f. clauses in a document)5. interlĭno, lēvi, lĭtum, 3 (to make erasures here and there) • forge (v.): I. Lit., to f. metal: 1. fabrĭcor or fabrĭco, 1 (to manufacture): to f. a sword, gladium fabricari, Cic.: to f. the thunderbolt for Jove, Jovi fulmen f., Cic. Div. 2, 19, 43: the missiles f.d by the hands of the Cyclops, tela manibus fabrĭcata Cyclopum, Ov. 2. prōcūdo, di, sum, 3: (to beat out): to beat out the point of a sword by f.ing, mucronis ducere fastigium procudendo, Lucr.: to f. the fang of the ploughshare, dentem vomeris pr., Virg. G. 1, 261: anger f.s swords, ira pr. enses, Hor. Fig.: the tongue has to be whetted and f.d (formed), acuenda nobis et procudenda lingua est, Cic. de Or. 3, 30, fin. 3. excūdo, di, sum, 3 (like preced.): others will f. the breathing bronze more gracefully, excudent alii spirantia mollius aera, Virg. Aen. 6, 848: to f. swords, gladios ex., Juv. 4. eūdo, di, sum, 3 (less freq. than comps.): to f. coins, numos c., Pl. Most. 4, 1, 46: to f. a ring, annulum c. Quint. 9, 2, 61. 5. rĕcŏquo, xi, ctum, 3 (to f. [lit. heat] over again): they f. their fathers' swords again in furnaces, recoquunt patrios fornacibus enses, Virg. Aen. 7, 636. 6. diffingo, nxi, ctum, 3 (to fashion differently: rare): to f. anew on the anvil the blunted sword, incude retusum d. ferrum, Hor. Od. 1, 35, 39. 7. dūco, xi, ctum, 3: to f. a sword, ensem d., Tib.: comp. Lucr. l. c. (2). II. To counterfeit: (a). of money: adulterinos numos cudere, percutere: v. to coin. (b). of documents: 1. subjĭcio, jēci, jectum, 3 (strictly to substitute): to f. wills, testamenta s., Cic. Phil. 14, 3, 7: Quint. 2. suppōno, pŏsui, pŏsĭtum, 3 (like preced.): to f. a will, testamentum sup., Cic.: more fully, falsa testamenta s., Cic. Leg. 1, 16, init. 3. subdo, dĭdi, dĭtum, 3 (less freq.): to f. a will, testamentum s., Tac. Ann. 14, 40. 4. interpŏlo, 1 (to f. clauses in a document): to cancel, alter, f. clauses; to take care that the erasure should not appear, demere, mutare, int., curare ne litura appareat, Cic. Verr. Act. 1, 61, 158. 5. interlĭno, lēvi, lĭtum, 3 (to make erasures here and there): Cic. Clu. 44, 125. Phr.: to f. a will and get it signed, falsum testamentum obsignandum curare, Cic. Clu. 44, 125: they delivered to the king a spurious (f.d) letter, for which the signature of T. Quinctius had been f.d, falsas literas, signo adulterino T. Quinctii signatas, regi reddiderunt, Liv. 40, 23: to transcribe a will and f. the signatures, testamentum in alias tabulas transcriptum signis adulterinis obsignare, Cic. Clu. 14, 41: to produce a f.d document, falsum codicem proferre, Cic.: to f. documents, *falsas tabulas comparare: to f. by tampering with and altering: corrumpere: v. to tamper with, falsify.