forge

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
forge1 /fɔːdʒ/

▶verb

• 1 make or shape (a metal object) by heating it and beating or hammering it.

• 2 create (something strong or successful).

• 3 produce a fraudulent copy or imitation of (a banknote, work of art, etc.).

▶noun a blacksmith's workshop.

■ a furnace or hearth for melting or refining metal.

– derivatives
forgeable adjective,
forger noun.

– origin ME: from OFr. forger, from L. fabricare ‘fabricate’, from fabrica ‘manufactured object, workshop’.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
forge2 /fɔːdʒ/

▶verb move forward strongly and steadily.

■ (forge ahead) take the lead or make progress.

– origin C18: perh. an aberrant pronunc. of force1.