| 释义 |
argufy, v. colloq.|ˈɑːgjuːfaɪ|
[An illiterate formation on argue. Cf. speechify.]
A colloquial and dialectal equivalent of argue, usually with the idea of pertinacious or petty argument.
1. intr. To prove or be evidence of something; hence, to be of importance, consequence, or use; to signify. Cf. argue 3.
1751Smollett Per. Pic. (1779) III. lxxviii. 44 ‘Howsomever, that don't argufy in reverence of his being in a hurry.’ c1800C. Dibdin Poor Jack iii, What argufies sniv'ling and piping your eye?
2. To argue, dispute, wrangle.
1800M. Edgeworth Will ii. (1832) 104, ‘I can't stand argufying here about charity.’ 1865Sat. Rev. 12 Aug. 197/2 People who are always arguefying are the..worst of bores.
3. trans. To worry with argumentation. Cf. argue 9.
1771Smollett Humph. Cl. 797 ‘Would you go for to offer for to arguefy me out of my senses?’ 1876Black Madcap V. vii. 64, ‘I am thwarted, crushed, argufied at every turn.’ |