argufy

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词形变化

argufied argufies 三单 argufies argufying argufying 现在分词 argufied 过去式 argufied 过去分词

别名

argify

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To argue without any aim; to dispute; to disagree.

    非正式 不及物
  2. 2.

    To dispute (a point, fact, etc.), to argue about (something).

    非正式 及物
  3. 3.

    To reason (something) out, to fully consider, think through.

    及物/不及物 古体 非正式
  4. 4.

    To persuade (someone) through argument.

    古体 非正式 及物
  5. 5.

    To weary (someone) with arguing.

    古体 非正式 及物

    1895, Mary Noailles Murfree (as Charles Egbert Craddock), “The Mystery of Witch-Face Mountain” in The Mystery of Witch-Face Mountain and Other Stories, Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, p. 154, “Lord, how glad I’ll be to git rid o’ him!” Peters said in an undertone to Hite. “He hev mighty nigh argufied me ter death,—’bout sperits, an’ witches, an’ salvation, an’ law, an’ craps, an’ horse-flesh, an’ weather signs. […] ”

  6. 6.

    To be evidence of (something).

    古体 非正式 及物
  7. 7.

    To be of importance or relevance; to make a difference, to be of use.

    古体 非正式 不及物

词汇关系

动词

同义词 4

quarrel scrap dispute altercate

上位词 4

argue fence debate contend

下位词 8

spat brawl wrangle fall out polemicise polemicize polemise polemize

词源

From argue + -fy.

来源：wiktionary