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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Forgery \For"ger*y\, n.; pl. {Forgeries}. [Cf. F. forgerie.]
     1. The act of forging metal into shape. [Obs.]
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              Useless the forgery
              Of brazen shield and spear.           --Milton.


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     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.
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     3. That which is forged, fabricated, falsely devised, or
        counterfeited.
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              These are the forgeries of jealously. --Shak.
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              The writings going under the name of Aristobulus
              were a forgery of the second century. --Waterland.
  
     Syn: {Counterfeit}; {Forgery}.
  
     Usage: 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.
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