Definition of challenge

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Challenge (n.) The act of a sentry in halting any one who appears at his post, and demanding the countersign..

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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?.
Challenge :: Challenge (n.) An exception to a person as not legally qualified to vote. The challenge must be made when the ballot is offered.
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..
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..
Impeach :: Impeach (v. t.) To challenge or discredit the credibility of, as of a witness, or the validity of, as of commercial paper..
Defy :: Defy (n.) A challenge.
Charge :: Charge (v. t.) To call to account; to challenge.
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.) The opening and crying of hounds at first finding the scent of their game.
Challenge :: Challenge (n.) To call to a contest of any kind; to call to answer; to defy.
Trier :: Trier (n.) A person appointed according to law to try challenges of jurors; a trior.
Challenge :: Challenge (v. i.) To assert a right; to claim a place.
Challenge :: Challenge (n.) A claim or demand.
Challenge :: Challenge (n.) An invitation to engage in a contest or controversy of any kind; a defiance; specifically, a summons to fight a duel; also, the letter or message conveying the summons..
Recuse :: Recuse (v. t.) To refuse or reject, as a judge; to challenge that the judge shall not try the cause..
Postulate :: Postulate (n.) Something demanded or asserted; especially, a position or supposition assumed without proof, or one which is considered as self-evident; a truth to which assent may be demanded or challenged, without argument or evidence..
Forbid :: Forbid (v. t.) To defy; to challenge.
Cartel :: Cartel (v. t.) To defy or challenge.
Appeal :: Appeal (v. t.) To summon; to challenge.
Challenge :: Challenge (n.) The act of a sentry in halting any one who appears at his post, and demanding the countersign..
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