Definition of "argufy" [ar•gu•fy]

• To dispute (a point). (verb-transitive)
• To argue aimlessly; wrangle. See Regional Note at absquatulate. (verb-intransitive)

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• "However, I was spared the trouble, for soon the children retired and the conversation drifted around to Mormonism and polygamy; and our hostess seemed to want to talk, so I just listened, for Mrs. O'Shaughnessy rather likes to "argufy"; but she had no argument that night, only her questions started our hostess's story."
• ""Miss Prue and her pa do argufy to beat the band," Nancy remarked to"
• "For what skill had I to argufy with a man of such infinite parts?"