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Argufy

Argufy \Ar"gu*fy\, v. t. & i. [Argue + -fy.]

  1. To argue pertinaciously. [Colloq.]
    --Halliwell.

  2. To signify. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] ||

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
argufy

1751, colloquial, from argue + -fy.

Wiktionary
argufy

vb. to argue without any aim; to dispute; wrangle; to disagree

WordNet
argufy
  1. v. have a disagreement over something; "We quarreled over the question as to who discovered America"; "These tewo fellows are always scrapping over something" [syn: quarrel, dispute, scrap, altercate]

  2. [also: argufied]

Usage examples of "argufy".

Timothy with the coffee, and so we will to bed, that taken, though I do want to argufy with you, on some of your other notions about dogs, scent, and so forth.

I argufied my case in such a way that she couldn't git round it, and I proved to her that I was the driest and crookedest old stick that ever the devil twisted out o' shape when it was a-growin'.

Again, if it be said that our inquiries may lead to an undignified theory of the future life (so far they have not led to any theory at all), that, also, is the position of the Dreadful Consequences Argufier.

But argufying with a ticklish female don't do a bit of good, so I gave over.

And, although I fetched the lad a clout, I don't see as how you can blame him, for, let alone he's a gormless chawbacon, you couldn't hardly expect him to start argufying with Mr Torquil.

That night the Captain came and Joe sent her to bed, and the last thing she heard was the two argufying.

Seems to me it's likely as not it happened the way you say it did, miss, but there's no sense in argufying, whatever the rights of it may be.

Even your friends have behaved very stiff to me, and I don’t doubt but what they’d say it was my doing you wouldn’t have anything to do with this girl, and that won’t suit me, my lord, and no amount of argufying will make me say different!

He started with what he called a proverb of the law, and repeated it so many times, I think I can never forget it, for it seemed to be the hook he hung all his argufying upon.