Challenged

2 definitions found

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

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

  challenged \challenged\ adj.
     1. having doubts expressed about its truth.
  
     Syn: disputed, questioned.
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     2. handicapped or disabled; -- used as a euphemism,
        especially in combinations; as, physically challenged;
        mentally challenged.
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