argufy

t. & i. [Eng. argu (e), s.; -fy (q.v.).] A. Trans. To signify. (Shenstone: To a Friend.) B. In trans.: To argue. (Combe: Dr. Syntax, Tour ii., c. v.) ar-gu-ing, pr . par ., a., & s. [ARGUR) A. As pr . par . & a.: (See the vert). B. As subst. Argumentation. "It will in time Win upon power, and throw forth greater themes For insurrection's arguing ." Shakesp.: Coriolanus , 1. 1. "But what doth your arguing reprove."-Job vi. 25. ar-gu-li-dæ, s. pl . [ARGULUS.) A family of Entomostracans belonging to the order Paras it a, or, by another arrangement, to the order Siphonostomata, and the first tribe Peltocephala. [ARGULUS.] 300 ar-gu-lus, 5. [Diminutive from Gr. ἀργός ( argcs ) = swift.] A genus of Entomostracans, the typical one of the family Argulidæ. The A. foliaceus is a common parasite upon various fresh-water fishes.