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[French.] That may or can be formed by forging. forged, pa. par. or a. [FORGE, v.] *forg-ed-ly, adv . [Eng. forged ; -ly .] By way of forgery; falsely, untruly. "Her adversaries might write many things forgedly and falsely."-Camden: Elizabeth (an. 1585). IMG:content-0032.png:[blocks in formation] (1) The act of forging or forming by heating and hammering. (2) That which is forged; smith's work. 2. Figuratively: *(1) Inventing, devising, planning. (2) The act of forging, counterfeiting, or fabricating; fabrication. (3) That which is forged, counterfeited, or fabricated; a false or fraudulent imitation. *(4) Deception. "What! has your king married the Lady Gray? And now, to sooth your forgery and his, Sends me a paper to persuade me patience." chin, Shakesp .: Henry VI., Pt. 111. , iii. 3. bench; go, gem; thin, this; forgetfulne II. Law : (See extract.) "Forgery, or the crimen falsi , is an offense which was punished by the civil law with deportation or banishment, and sometimes with death. It may with us be defined at common law to be, 'the fraudulent making or alteration of a writing to the prejudice of another man's right; for which the offender may suffer imprisonment, and formerly might have been set in the pillory." Black stone: Comment., bk. iv., ch. 17.