Obs. rare. Also 7 ergat. [a. F. ergot-er ‘to rise on his toes, wrangle’ (Cotgr.), f. ergot (cf. ARGOT1) the spur of a cock; but the word was associated both in Fr. and Eng. with ERGO.] intr. To argue, wrangle.
1653. Urquhart, Rabelais, I. xvii. (1664), 79. After they had well ergoted pro and con, they concluded in Baralipton, that [etc.].
a. 1658. Hewyt, Serm. (1658), 178. Little doth it concern us what the school-men ergat in their schools.
