Definition of challenge

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Challenge (n.) 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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Challenge :: Challenge (n.) The act of a sentry in halting any one who appears at his post, and demanding the countersign..
Stump :: Stump (v. t.) To challenge; also, to nonplus..
Qui Vive :: Qui vive () The challenge of a French sentinel, or patrol; -- used like the English challenge: Who comes there?.
Claim :: Claim (v./.) To ask for, or seek to obtain, by virtue of authority, right, or supposed right; to challenge as a right; to demand as due..
Defy :: Defy (n.) A challenge.
Dare :: Dare (v. t.) To challenge; to provoke; to defy.
Defy :: Defy (v. t.) To provoke to combat or strife; to call out to combat; to challenge; to dare; to brave; to set at defiance; to treat with contempt; as, to defy an enemy; to defy the power of a magistrate; to defy the arguments of an opponent; to defy public opinion..
Challenge :: Challenge (n.) To censure; to blame.
Challenge :: Challenge (n.) To claim as due; to demand as a right.
Gage :: Gage (n.) A glove, cap, or the like, cast on the ground as a challenge to combat, and to be taken up by the accepter of the challenge; a challenge; a defiance..
Challenge :: Challenge (n.) The opening and crying of hounds at first finding the scent of their game.
Command :: Command (v. t.) To have power or influence of the nature of authority over; to obtain as if by ordering; to receive as a due; to challenge; to claim; as, justice commands the respect and affections of the people; the best goods command the best price..
Defiance :: Defiance (n.) The act of defying, putting in opposition, or provoking to combat; a challenge; a provocation; a summons to combat..
Challenge :: Challenge (n.) To call to a contest of any kind; to call to answer; to defy.
Cartel :: Cartel (n.) A letter of defiance or challenge; a challenge to single combat.
Appellant :: Appellant (n.) A challenger.
Challenge :: Challenge (n.) To take exception to; question; as, to challenge the accuracy of a statement or of a quotation..
Challenge :: Challenge (n.) To question or demand the countersign from (one who attempts to pass the lines); as, the sentinel challenged us, with Who comes there?.
Impeach :: Impeach (v. t.) To challenge or discredit the credibility of, as of a witness, or the validity of, as of commercial paper..
Herald :: Herald (n.) An officer whose business was to denounce or proclaim war, to challenge to battle, to proclaim peace, and to bear messages from the commander of an army. He was invested with a sacred and inviolable character..
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