† argumentatev.
Obsolete. rare.
By-form of argument v.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > argue, dispute, discuss [verb (intransitive)]
mootOE
sannc1175
sputea1225
argue1303
argumentc1320
strive1340
proceedc1390
reason?c1425
to roll the stone1581
argumentate1586
discuss1587
litigate1606
canvass1631
argumentizea1641
to take by the beard1809
dudgeon1859
1586 Sir P. Sidney Wanstead Masque (1674) 622 ‘Nunc are you to argumentate of the qualifying of their estate first.’
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