CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO ARGUFY
PRESENT
Present
I argufy
you argufy
he/she/it argufies
we argufy
you argufy
they argufy
Present continuous
I am argufying
you are argufying
he/she/it is argufying
we are argufying
you are argufying
they are argufying
Present perfect
I have argufied
you have argufied
he/she/it has argufied
we have argufied
you have argufied
they have argufied
Present perfect continuous
I have been argufying
you have been argufying
he/she/it has been argufying
we have been argufying
you have been argufying
they have been argufying
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The
present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.
PAST
Past
I argufied
you argufied
he/she/it argufied
we argufied
you argufied
they argufied
Past continuous
I was argufying
you were argufying
he/she/it was argufying
we were argufying
you were argufying
they were argufying
Past perfect
I had argufied
you had argufied
he/she/it had argufied
we had argufied
you had argufied
they had argufied
Past perfect continuous
I had been argufying
you had been argufying
he/she/it had been argufying
we had been argufying
you had been argufying
they had been argufying
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will argufy
you will argufy
he/she/it will argufy
we will argufy
you will argufy
they will argufy
Future continuous
I will be argufying
you will be argufying
he/she/it will be argufying
we will be argufying
you will be argufying
they will be argufying
Future perfect
I will have argufied
you will have argufied
he/she/it will have argufied
we will have argufied
you will have argufied
they will have argufied
Future perfect continuous
I will have been argufying
you will have been argufying
he/she/it will have been argufying
we will have been argufying
you will have been argufying
they will have been argufying
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would argufy
you would argufy
he/she/it would argufy
we would argufy
you would argufy
they would argufy
Conditional continuous
I would be argufying
you would be argufying
he/she/it would be argufying
we would be argufying
you would be argufying
they would be argufying
Conditional perfect
I would have argufy
you would have argufy
he/she/it would have argufy
we would have argufy
you would have argufy
they would have argufy
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been argufying
you would have been argufying
he/she/it would have been argufying
we would have been argufying
you would have been argufying
they would have been argufying
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you argufy
we let´s argufy
you argufy
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Present Participle
argufying
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The
present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The
past participle shows the action after completion.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ARGUFY»
Discover the use of
argufy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
argufy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The English dialect dictionary
U.R.\V.l_ ; War.2a Shr.l It's no use yo' to argufy, for yo'n never mak me believe to
the contralry. Gin. l be'unt the man to arg'ify with "e about a body. Gtssmo Both
offlnis Pan'in (1839) I. to Hot. (T. RF.) Ken. My poorold aed's dat addle I can' argii'
y, ...
2
Twentieth-century Roots of Rhetorical Studies
Gunderson, " 'Stoutly Argufy,' " p. 115. 104. Gunderson, "Lincoln's Rhetorical
Style," p. 273. 105. Gunderson, "Reading Lincoln's Mail," p. 390. 106. Gunderson,
" 'Stoutly Argufy,' " p. 117. 107. Ibid., p. 1 14. 108. Gunderson. "Lincoln's
Rhetorical ...
Jim A. Kuypers, Andrew King, 2001
3
Glossary of Northamptonshire words and phrases
Poor RoBiN's AlManack, 1760. ARGUFY. To argue ; to dispute. " Don't argufy with
me any longer." c.c. 2. To signify. "What does that argufy ?" "That argufies nothing
." F.e.A. J.s. C.C. H.s. P.D. C.s. l.H. P.H. ARGUFICATION. Signification; import.
Anne Elizabeth Baker, 1854
4
From Ulster to America: The Scotch-Irish Heritage of ...
1956 Hall Coll She was a big woman and awful scary appearantly. argufy vb To
argue, dispute, haggle, contend, especially in a petty way. [argue + -ify verb-
forming suffix; OED argufy vb 2 'to argue, dispute, wrangle' 1753~>, now
colloquial or ...
5
Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary ...
The conventional slang ofa class, originally that of thieves and vagabonds,
devised for purposes ofdisguise and concealment. Argue. To argue out of (away,
a dog's tail off, etc.), verb. phr. (colloquial).—Toget ridof by argument: seeTalk,
Argufy.
6
The Routledge Dictionary of Historical Slang
argufy . To signify: mid-C.18–20: low coll and dial. 1726, Trial of Hester Jennings
in Select Trials from 1724 to 1732, 1735. In Hodgson's National Songster, 1832,
is an old song entitled 'What Argufies Pride and Ambition?' 2. Hence, to pester ...
The voice of Professor Argufy came through faintly at first, and throughout the
period of contact atmospherics were very annoying. Evidently the Professor had
been speaking for some minutes before the Martian Station was picked up, for
the ...
8
Garner's Dictionary of Legal Usage
R.E. Megarry,A Second Miscellany-at-Law 198 (1973). argufy = to dispute,
wrangle. Krapp calls this term “illiterate or, in cultivated speech, a humorous and
contemptuous form of argue.” George Philip Krapp, A Comprehensive Guide to
Good ...
9
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus
... expostulate, object, protest, remonstrate 2 to contend in words < arguing about
who should answer the phone> syn argufy, bicker, dispute, hassle, quibble,
squabble, wrangle; compare QUARREL rel differ, disaccord, disagree, dissent;
balk, ...
Merriam-Webster, Inc, 1988
10
Origins: A Short Etymological Dictionary of Modern English
See NAUTIC,para 3, s.f. argosy:EE ragusye: appfrom It (nave)ragusea, orig '
shipof Ragusd'—sailing fromthat port argue, whence arguable and arguer; argufy
and argybargy; argument,argumental, argumentation, argumentative; argute. 1.
4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ARGUFY»
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argufy is used in the context of the following news items.
Why Nobody Likes Atheists
There are answers to all your questions, but in a state of scorn, you will only argufy forever. You cannot learn unless you want to learn. «PJ Media, Jun 15»
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Argufy: available now on Google Play and Apple AppStore for iOS and Android devices · Planet Read!: Available now on Apple AppStore for ... «PR Web, May 15»
Obama Foreign Policy
... strong argufy between Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and president Obama over Iran's nukes program and some other issues. «Arabian Gazette, Nov 13»
The Three Musketeers: Oxford, Collins, Macquarie
Take the word "argufy". The Oxford lists it as an intransitive colloquial verb, meaning to argue excessively or tediously, along the morphological ... «Sydney Morning Herald, May 08»
