argufy

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She evinced a similar disposition to argufy with me, which I avoided by either laughing or yielding.

From The Works of Lord Byron: Letters and Journals. Vol. 1 by Prothero, Rowland E. (Rowland Edmund), Baron Ernle

"Miss Prue and her pa do argufy to beat the band," Nancy remarked to Jenny the cook as she waited for hot cakes.

From The Little Red Chimney Being the Love Story of a Candy Man by Leonard, Mary Finley

You argufy like a lawyer, shipmate, there’s no mistake about that; but you can’t persuade me that you believe a single word of what you’ve been sayin’.

From The Missing Merchantman by Overend, William Heysham

He wished to know what fault he had committed, and was told not to "argufy."

From Bartholomew Sastrow Being the Memoirs of a German Burgomaster by Sastrow, Bartholomew

For what skill had I to argufy with a man of such infinite parts?

From The Ladies A Shining Constellation of Wit and Beauty by Beck, L. Adams (Lily Adams)