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forge — vb forged, forg·ing vt: to make, alter, or imitate (as a writing) falsely with intent to defraud: counterfeit vi: to commit forgery forg·er n Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster … Law dictionary
forge — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from Latin fabrica, from fabr , faber smith Date: 13th century 1. a furnace or a shop with its furnace where metal is heated and wrought ; smithy 2. a workshop where wrought iron is produced… … New Collegiate Dictionary
biblical literature — Introduction four bodies of written works: the Old Testament writings according to the Hebrew canon; intertestamental works, including the Old Testament Apocrypha; the New Testament writings; and the New Testament Apocrypha. The Old… … Universalium
Plato: metaphysics and epistemology — Robert Heinaman METAPHYSICS The Theory of Forms Generality is the problematic feature of the world that led to the development of Plato’s Theory of Forms and the epistemological views associated with it.1 This pervasive fact of generality appears … History of philosophy
fake — I noun charlatan, copy, counterfeit copy, emulation, fabrication, facsimile, false representation, falsehood, falsification, feigned copy, forged duplicate, forgery, fraud, fraudulent replica, hoax, imitation, imposter, pretender, quack, replica … Law dictionary
pretend — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. sham, feign, dissemble, simulate; counterfeit, lie, fake; claim, aver. See falsehood. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To feign] Syn. feign, affect, simulate, claim falsely, profess, make a pretense, imitate,… … English dictionary for students
forgery — /fawr jeuh ree, fohr /, n., pl. forgeries. 1. the crime of falsely making or altering a writing by which the legal rights or obligations of another person are apparently affected; simulated signing of another person s name to any such writing… … Universalium
pretend — I verb act, affect, assume, be deceitful, be hypocritical, beguile, bemask, bluff, cheat, claim falsely, counterfeit, cozen, deceive, delude, disguise, dissemble, dissimulare, dissimulate, dupe, fake, falsify, feign, fingere, fool, give a false… … Law dictionary
Art forgery — refers to creating and, in particular, selling works of art that are falsely attributed to be work of another, usually more famous, artist. Art forgery is extremely lucrative, but modern dating and analysis techniques have made the identification … Wikipedia
The Clouds — This article is about the play by Aristophanes. For other uses, see Cloud (disambiguation). The Clouds Strepsiades, his son and Socrates (from a 16th Century engraving). The Dramatis Personae in ancient comedy depends on interpretation of textual … Wikipedia
