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challenged 音标拼音: [tʃ'ælədʒd] 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. [ 1913 Webster] I challenge any man to make any pretense to power by right of fatherhood. -- Locke. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To call, invite, or summon to answer for an offense by personal combat. [ 1913 Webster] By this I challenge him to single fight. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To claim as due; to demand as a right. [ 1913 Webster] Challenge better terms. -- Addison. [ 1913 Webster] 4. To censure; to blame. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster] He complained of the emperors . . . and challenged them for that he had no greater revenues . . . from them. -- Holland. [ 1913 Webster] 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?" [ 1913 Webster] 6. To take exception to; question; as, to challenge the accuracy of a statement or of a quotation. [ 1913 Webster] 7. ( Law) To object to or take exception to, as to a juror, or member of a court. [ 1913 Webster] 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.] [ 1913 Webster] { To challenge to the} { array, favor, polls}. See under { Challenge}, n. [ 1913 Webster]
challenged \ challenged\ adj. 1. having doubts expressed about its truth. Syn: disputed, questioned. [ WordNet 1. 5] 2. handicapped or disabled; -- used as a euphemism, especially in combinations; as, physically challenged; mentally challenged. [ PJC] |
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