We meet the adjective forging in phrases like “wrought iron” and “fine wrought prose.” The word is defined with several meanings, among them being “formed with art or effort” and when referring to metal, “formed with a tool.”
When combined with ‘up’, ‘trained’ can mean “to be deeply stirred” or “excited”, as in “easily agitated for nothing.”
When combined with upward, forging can mean “deeply aroused” or “excited,” as in “easily agitated for nothing.”
forging derived from Middle English workthe past participle of our very familiar verb jobfollow the same verb patterns still in use today (meet, buy, teach). Today, however, we simply use the standard -ed suffix for . job:
Nathaniel Williamson, of Stafford, Va., said this is his second year at the festival. He created bracelets out of silver plated silverware and demonstrated how he have worked metal by hand, no heat. —Michel Elben, Carroll County Times (Maryland), July 13, 2015
forging as a past or past participle form of job still appear occasionally but is largely considered archaic. Shakespeare plays with this word as a verb in the past tense in Timon of Athens:
TIMON. How do you like this picture, Apemantus?
APEMANTUS. Best, for innocence.
TIMON. forging he is not good that paint it?
APEMANTUS. He forging better to be a painter; and he
But it’s a dirty job.
forging may be best known for the line “What hath God wrought,” which appears in the Book of Numbers (KJV 23:18) and has the distinction of being the first Morse code message transmitted by Samuel Morse over the Baltimore telegraph line. -Washington in 1844. forging here is used as a past participle (hath is an ancient form of Have).
Adjective Overwhelme was defined as “extremely excited, agitated” and “constructive to the point of outrageous, outrageous.” Although both of these senses have similarities in forging, Overwhelme itself is a medieval English creation. It doesn’t mean exactly the same as overworked, which can describe things that are overworked to the point of exhaustion (such as horses) or to the point of loss of elasticity (such as bread dough). Than, Overwhelme can describe something that gets too much attention:
Instead of swinging for fences with large Overwhelme scenes, he builds the atmosphere by carefully adding details… —Peter Blauner, New York Times book reviewJanuary 3, 1993
…or a person depressed by excitement or overstimulation:
It’s funny how he became like that Overwhelme during the 1974 world championship, he sat down on the bench to enjoy his victory — and passed out. —Gary Smith, Sports IllustratedSeptember 14, 1988
We also see the phrase “wrought havoc”:
In 1986, when Sean Penn devastated on the Hong Kong set of the production Shanghai surprise, Harrison flew in to mend things between his crew and the temperamental actor. —Howard G. Chua-Eoan, TimeMay 16, 1988
Because English speakers are familiar with the more common expression “wreak havoc”, some people have the mistaken impression that forging is a past form of destroy more than job. break means “to bring or cause” and has nothing to do with either job or forgingbut since it can also mean “to cause consequences” (as in “wreak vengeance”) and to bring ruin or trouble, it can cause similar things forging misread with the same meaning.
But “work havoc” is a phrase in its own right:
The least change in the way things are done is possible work destruction in supply regions. —Jane Jacobs, Cities and the wealth of nations1984
When we meet “wrought havoc”, it means the past form of “work havoc”.
This distinction is important to make when reading a line like “What has God forged.” Told by the Moabite prophet Balaam against King Balak’s command to curse the people of Israel, it is read not as a question but as an exclamation of admiration for God’s creations.
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