reˈforge, v.
[re- 5 a. In early use prob. ad. OF. reforgier (15th c.; mod.F. reforger).]
1. trans. To forge (metal or articles of metal) over again.
| 1426 Lydg. De Guil. Pilgr. 16048 Take ageyn ther olde Armure..Wych they ha broke, and lost in veyn; Lat hem reforge hem newe ageyn. 1813 Metrical Remarks 42 To reforge the fetters they had broke. 1846 Holtzapffel Turning II. 536 Continually re-forging the blade, to the manifest deterioration of the steel. |
2. To refabricate, fashion afresh.
| 1542 Udall Erasm. Apoph. 144 b, Thou dooest disguyse and reforge thyn owneself into a woman. 1614 Sylvester Bethulia's Rescue iv. 242 There, did no drunken Groom..against Heav'n blasphemous Oathes re-forge. 1899 Daily News 20 Apr. 3/2 Whether they should retain this Act..or whether they should throw it aside and leave the necessity of re-forging it at some future time. |
Hence reˈforger, one who forges anew. rare.
| 1548 Udall Erasm. Par. Luke xxiv. 187 Christe beeyng a newe reforger of the olde lawe. |