ARGUFY

quarrel, dispute, scrap, argufy, altercate

(verb) have a disagreement over something; “We quarreled over the question as to who discovered America”; “These two fellows are always scrapping over something”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

argufy (third-person singular simple present argufies, present participle argufying, simple past and past participle argufied)

(intransitive, archaic) To argue without any aim; to dispute; to disagree.

Synonym: wrangle

(transitive, archaic) To weary with arguing.

(intransitive, archaic) To be evidence of something; to be of importance or relevance.

Source: Wiktionary


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

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

2. To signify. [Colloq.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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