What does "argufy" mean?
To argue without any aim; to dispute; to disagree.
Argufy
verb, slang
verb, slang ·Moderate ·High school level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: To argue without any aim; to dispute; to disagree.
- Grammar: argufy is listed as verb, slang.
- Nearest alternatives: dispute, altercate, argue, bandy words.
- Useful contrasts: accept, acquiesce, agree.
- Usage evidence: Mrs. Sudberry […] began to argufy with us, touching our going off the premises, and upon my soul, talked over the thing in such a moving manner, every now and then stopping to sob, that if it had not been doing an injury to Mr. Skain here, I could have found in my heart to have left um.
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Definitions
Verb
- 1 To argue without any aim; to dispute; to disagree. colloquial, intransitive
"Mrs. Sudberry […] began to argufy with us, touching our going off the premises, and upon my soul, talked over the thing in such a moving manner, every now and then stopping to sob, that if it had not been doing an injury to Mr. Skain here, I could have found in my heart to have left um."
- 2 have a disagreement over something wordnet
- 3 To dispute (a point, fact, etc.), to argue about (something). colloquial, transitive
"“Why then you are his mistress, and a kept lady to all intents and purposes; so what signifies argufying the matter; […]”"
- 4 To reason (something) out, to fully consider, think through. ambitransitive, archaic, colloquial
"[…] this Lubberly Whelp here says I talk like a Fool; and sure I have not used the Sea this Thirty Years, but I can Argufie any thing as proper as he can."
- 5 To persuade (someone) through argument. archaic, colloquial, transitive
"She was thinkin I might find things turned around and changed about so till I wouldn’t hardly know the country, but still she wouldn’t argufy me out of makin the trip."
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- 6 To weary (someone) with arguing. archaic, colloquial, transitive
"1895, Mary Noailles Murfree (as Charles Egbert Craddock), “The Mystery of Witch-Face Mountain” in The Mystery of Witch-Face Mountain and Other Stories, Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, p. 154, “Lord, how glad I’ll be to git rid o’ him!” Peters said in an undertone to Hite. “He hev mighty nigh argufied me ter death,—’bout sperits, an’ witches, an’ salvation, an’ law, an’ craps, an’ horse-flesh, an’ weather signs. […] ”"
- 7 To be evidence of (something). archaic, colloquial, transitive
"[S]he no ſooner ſet eyes on him than ſhe ſent me out; vvhich argufy’d no good, you'll ſay; […]"
- 8 To be of importance or relevance; to make a difference, to be of use. archaic, colloquial, intransitive
"Well, now who wins?—why, still the same— / For Sal has lost another game. / “I’ve done, (she mutter’d;) I was saying, / “It did not argufy my playing. / “Some folks will win, they cannot chuse, / “But think or not think—some must lose."
Example
"Mrs. Sudberry […] began to argufy with us, touching our going off the premises, and upon my soul, talked over the thing in such a moving manner, every now and then stopping to sob, that if it had not been doing an injury to Mr. Skain here, I could have found in my heart to have left um."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "argufy"?
Common synonyms include: dispute, altercate, argue, bandy words, bicker, carp.
How do you use "argufy" in a sentence?
Mrs. Sudberry […] began to argufy with us, touching our going off the premises, and upon my soul, talked over the thing in such a moving manner, every now and then stopping to sob, that if it had not been doing an injury to Mr. Skain here, I could have found in my heart to have left um.
Etymology
From argue + -fy.