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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Dare :: Dare (n.) Defiance; challenge.
Challenge :: Challenge (n.) To object to or take exception to, as to a juror, or member of a court..
Challenge :: Challenge (n.) To take exception to; question; as, to challenge the accuracy of a statement or of a quotation..
Qui Vive :: Qui vive () The challenge of a French sentinel, or patrol; -- used like the English challenge: Who comes there?.
Charge :: Charge (v. t.) To call to account; to challenge.
Challenger :: Challenger (n.) One who challenges.
Impeach :: Impeach (v. t.) To challenge or discredit the credibility of, as of a witness, or the validity of, as of commercial paper..
Challengeable :: Challengeable (a.) That may be challenged.
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..
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..
Vie :: Vie (n.) A contest for superiority; competition; rivalry; strife; also, a challenge; a wager..
Challenge :: Challenge (n.) An exception to a juror or to a member of a court martial, coupled with a demand that he should be held incompetent to act; the claim of a party that a certain person or persons shall not sit in trial upon him or his cause..
Cartel :: Cartel (n.) A letter of defiance or challenge; a challenge to single combat.
Prizer :: Prizer (n.) One who contends for a prize; a prize fighter; a challenger.
Defiance :: Defiance (n.) The act of defying, putting in opposition, or provoking to combat; a challenge; a provocation; a summons to combat..
Trier :: Trier (n.) A person appointed according to law to try challenges of jurors; a trior.
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..
Banter :: Banter (v. t.) To challenge or defy to a match.
Challenge :: Challenge (n.) To call, invite, or summon to answer for an offense by personal combat..
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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