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Definition of Argufy
1. Verb. Have a disagreement over something. "Sam wants to argufy with Sue "; "These two fellows are always scrapping over something"
Generic synonyms: Argue, Contend, Debate, Fence
Specialized synonyms: Brawl, Wrangle, Spat, Polemicise, Polemicize, Polemise, Polemize, Fall Out
Derivative terms: Disputant, Disputation, Disputation, Disputative, Dispute, Dispute, Quarrel, Quarreler, Quarreller, Scrap, Scrapper
Definition of Argufy
1. v. t. & i. To argue pertinaciously.
Definition of Argufy
1. Verb. to argue without any aim; to dispute; wrangle; to disagree ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Argufy
1. to argue stubbornly [v -FIED, -FYING, -FIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Argufy
Literary usage of Argufy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Glossary of Northamptonshire Words and Phrases by Anne Elizabeth Baker (1854)
""Don't argufy with me any longer." cc 2. To signify. "What does that argufy T "That ..."
2. Publications by English Dialect Society (1896)
"To import, to have weight as argument. Ex. ' What does that argufy 1' [Jen.].
*Arm. A-trowel [BBF]. *Armstrong. Arm in arm [EFG] Qy. Arm-strung [WR]. ..."
3. American English by Gilbert Milligan Tucker (1921)
"argufy—To argue or to signify. Halliwell says this word in the sense of argue
occurs in various dialects of England, and adds that he believes he has heard ..."
4. The New-York magazine; or, Literary repository (1791)
"... Sir, is, that in your indictments, your thief, or your murderer, or your
traitor, or whatever he и— fc-; » ' ' Mr. Bill. That don't argufy ; that don-'t ..."
5. The Vocabulary of East Anglia: An Attempt to Record the Vulgar Tongue of the by Robert Forby (1830)
"Ex. " What does that argufy ?" JEN. ARSLE, v. 1. To move backwards. This is the
primary signification of the word, which is L. sc. JAM. 2. ..."
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