- OE. chalengen to accuse, claim, OF. chalengierchalongier, to claim, accuse, dispute, fr. L. calumniar to attack with false accusations. See Challengen., and cf. Calumniate
- To call to a contest of any kind; to call to answer; to defy.I challenge any man to make any pretense to power by right of fatherhood.
- To call, invite, or summon to answer for an offense by personal combat.By this I challenge him to single fight.
- To claim as due; to demand as a right.Challenge better terms.
- To censure; to blame.ObsHe complained of the emperors . . . and challenged them for that he had no greater revenues . . . from them.
- MilTo question or demand the countersign from (one who attempts to pass the lines); as, the sentinel challenged us, with “Who comes there?”
- To take exception to; question; as, to challenge the accuracy of a statement or of a quotation.
- LawTo object to or take exception to, as to a juror, or member of a court.
- To object to the reception of the vote of, as on the ground that the person in not qualified as a voter.U. S
