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Webster 1913 Edition
Forger
For′ger
,Noun.
[Cf. F. , and cf.
forgeur
metal worker, L. fabricator
artificer. See Forge
, Noun.
& Verb.
T.
Fabricator
.] One who forges, makes, of forms; a fabricator; a falsifier.
2.
Especially: One guilty of forgery; one who makes or issues a counterfeit document.
Webster 1828 Edition
Forger
FORGER
, n.1.
One that makes or forms.2.
One who counterfeits; a falsifier.Definition 2025
forger
forger
English
Noun
forger (plural forgers)
- Person who falsifies documents with intent to defraud, eg, to create a false will.
- Person who forges metals.
Related terms
Translations
person who falsifies documents with intent to defraud, eg, to create a false will.
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Person who forges metals.
French
Etymology
From Old French forger, forgier, from Latin fabricāre, present active infinitive of fabricō. Doublet of fabriquer.
Pronunciation
Verb
forger
- to fashion metal with fire and a hammer, to forge
- to forge, falsify
- (figuratively) to create, to conceive, to make up
- (equestrian) to trot
Conjugation
This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written forge- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a “soft” /ʒ/ and not a “hard” /ɡ/). This spelling-change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.
Conjugation of forger (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | forger | avoir forgé | |||||
| gerund | en forgeant | en ayant forgé | |||||
| present participle | forgeant /fɔʁ.ʒɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | forgé /fɔʁ.ʒe/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | forge /fɔʁʒ/ |
forges /fɔʁʒ/ |
forge /fɔʁʒ/ |
forgeons /fɔʁ.ʒɔ̃/ |
forgez /fɔʁ.ʒe/ |
forgent /fɔʁʒ/ |
| imperfect | forgeais /fɔʁ.ʒɛ/ |
forgeais /fɔʁ.ʒɛ/ |
forgeait /fɔʁ.ʒɛ/ |
forgions /fɔʁ.ʒjɔ̃/ |
forgiez /fɔʁ.ʒje/ |
forgeaient /fɔʁ.ʒɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | forgeai /fɔʁ.ʒe/ |
forgeas /fɔʁ.ʒa/ |
forgea /fɔʁ.ʒa/ |
forgeâmes /fɔʁ.ʒam/ |
forgeâtes /fɔʁ.ʒat/ |
forgèrent /fɔʁ.ʒɛʁ/ |
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| future | forgerai /fɔʁ.ʒə.ʁe/ |
forgeras /fɔʁ.ʒə.ʁa/ |
forgera /fɔʁ.ʒə.ʁa/ |
forgerons /fɔʁ.ʒə.ʁɔ̃/ |
forgerez /fɔʁ.ʒə.ʁe/ |
forgeront /fɔʁ.ʒə.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | forgerais /fɔʁ.ʒə.ʁɛ/ |
forgerais /fɔʁ.ʒə.ʁɛ/ |
forgerait /fɔʁ.ʒə.ʁɛ/ |
forgerions /fɔʁ.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
forgeriez /fɔʁ.ʒə.ʁje/ |
forgeraient /fɔʁ.ʒə.ʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | forge /fɔʁʒ/ |
forges /fɔʁʒ/ |
forge /fɔʁʒ/ |
forgions /fɔʁ.ʒjɔ̃/ |
forgiez /fɔʁ.ʒje/ |
forgent /fɔʁʒ/ |
| imperfect1 |
forgeasse /fɔʁ.ʒas/ |
forgeasses /fɔʁ.ʒas/ |
forgeât /fɔʁ.ʒa/ |
forgeassions /fɔʁ.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ |
forgeassiez /fɔʁ.ʒa.sje/ |
forgeassent /fɔʁ.ʒas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | forge /fɔʁʒ/ |
— | forgeons /fɔʁ.ʒɔ̃/ |
forgez /fɔʁ.ʒe/ |
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Old French
Etymology
Verb
forger
- Alternative form of forgier
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. In the present tense an extra supporting e is needed in the first-person singular indicative and throughout the singular subjunctive, and the third-person singular subjunctive ending -t is lost. In addition, g becomes j before an a or an o to keep the /dʒ/ sound intact. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of forger (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | forger | avoir forgé | |||||
| gerund | en forjant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | forjant | ||||||
| past participle | forgé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | forge | forges | forge | forjons | forgez | forgent |
| imperfect | forjoie, forgeie, forjoe, forgeve | forjoies, forgeies, forjoes, forgeves | forjoit, forgeit, forjot, forgeve | forgiiens, forgiens | forgiiez, forgiez | forjoient, forgeient, forjoent, forgevent | |
| preterite | forjai | forjas | forja | forjames | forjastes | forgerent | |
| future | forgerai | forgeras | forgera | forgerons | forgeroiz, forgereiz, forgerez | forgeront | |
| conditional | forgeroie, forgereie | forgeroies, forgereies | forgeroit, forgereit | forgeriiens, forgeriens | forgeriiez, forgeriez | forgeroient, forgereient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | forge | forges | forge | forjons | forgez | forgent |
| imperfect | forjasse | forjasses | forjast | forgissons, forgissiens | forgissoiz, forgissez, forgissiez | forjassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | forge | — | forjons | forgez | — | ||