the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > controversy, dispute, argument > argue about, dispute [verb (transitive)] > reach conclusion (2)
quasi-transitive with adjective complement, adv., or phrase expressing the result of scolding. Also †to scold it out: to continue wrangling to…
transitive. With out: To argue out (a case, dispute, etc.); to contest or dispute contentiously to an end or issue. Obsolete.