[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

challenge \chal"lenge\, v. t. imp.  p. p. challenged; p. pr.
    vb. n. challenging. oe. chalengen to accuse, claim, of.
   chalengier, chalongier, to claim, accuse, dispute, fr. l.
   calumniar to attack with false accusations. see challenge,
   n., and cf. calumniate.
   1. to call to a contest of any kind; to call to answer; to
      defy.
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            i challenge any man to make any pretense to power by
            right of fatherhood.                  --locke.
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   2. to call, invite, or summon to answer for an offense by
      personal combat.
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            by this i challenge him to single fight. --shak.
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   3. to claim as due; to demand as a right.
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            challenge better terms.               --addison.
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   4. to censure; to blame. obs.
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            he complained of the emperors . . . and challenged
            them for that he had no greater revenues . . . from
            them.                                 --holland.
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   5. mil. to question or demand the countersign from one who
      attempts to pass the lines; as, the sentinel challenged
      us, with "who comes there?"
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   6. to take exception to; question; as, to challenge the
      accuracy of a statement or of a quotation.
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   7. law to object to or take exception to, as to a juror, or
      member of a court.
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   8. to object to the reception of the vote of, as on the
      ground that the person in not qualified as a voter. u.
      s.
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   to challenge to the array, favor, polls. see under
      challenge, n.
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see also:
challenged challenging challenge calumniate to challenge to the array, favor, polls 

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