Definition of "argufies" [argufies]

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of argufy. (verb)

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• ""Nay, to no good purpose I know of," said the turnkey; "only it is the fashion to seem white and harmless -- a sort of token of not-guiltiness, as I may say, which folks desire to show the world, whether they be truly guilty or not; but I cannot say that guiltiness or not - guiltiness argufies much, saving they be words in the verdict.""
• ""What argufies so many words?" said the unfeeling Captain; "it is but a slit of the ear; it only looks as if you had been in the pillory.""
• "“only it is the fashion to seem white and harmless — a sort of token of not-guiltiness, as I may say, which folks desire to show the world, whether they be truly guilty or not; but I cannot say that guiltiness or not-guiltiness argufies much, saving they be words in the verdict.”"