Bible Dictionaries
Forgery

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) The act of forging metal into shape.

(2):

(n.) 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.

(3):

(n.) That which is forged, fabricated, falsely devised, or counterfeited.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Forgery'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​f/forgery.html. 1828.