the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > putting forward for discussion > put forward [verb (transitive)] > argue against (2)
to draw one's pen (also quill)1603
to draw one's pen (also quill): to attack or defend a person or thing in writing. Also with against, for. Cf. sense 54a. Now rare.
counter-argue1661
transitive and intransitive. To argue against or on the other side.