3. To claim as due; to demand as a right.
Challenge better terms.
Addison.
4. To censure; to blame. [Obs.]
He complained of the emperors . . . and challenged them for that he had no greater revenues . . .
from them.
Holland.
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?"
6. To take exception to; question; as, to challenge the accuracy of a statement or of a quotation.
7. (Law) To object to or take exception to, as to a juror, or member of a court.
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.]
To challenge to the array, favor, polls.
See under Challenge, n.
Challenge
(Chal"lenge), v. i. To assert a right; to claim a place.
Where nature doth with merit challenge.
Shak.
Challengeable
(Chal"lenge*a*ble) a. That may be challenged.
Challenger
(Chal"len*ger) n. One who challenges.
Challis
(Chal"lis) n. [F. chaly, challis, a stuff made of goat's hair.] A soft and delicate woolen, or woolen
and silk, fabric, for ladies' dresses. [Written also chally.]
Chalon
(Cha"lon) n. A bed blanket. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Chalybean
(Cha*lyb"e*an) a. [L. chalybeïus, fr. chalybs steel, Gr. .]
1. Of or pertaining to the Chalybes, an ancient people of Pontus in Asia Minor, celebrated for working in
iron and steel.
2. Of superior quality and temper; — applied to steel. [Obs.] Milton.
Chalybeate
(Cha*lyb"e*ate) a. [NL. chalybeatus, fr. chalubeïus. See Chalubean.] Impregnated with
salts of iron; having a taste like iron; as, chalybeate springs.
Chalybeate
(Cha*lyb"e*ate), n. Any water, liquid, or medicine, into which iron enters as an ingredient.
Chalybeous
(Cha*lyb"e*ous) a. (Zoöl.) Steel blue; of the color of tempered steel.
Chalybite
(Chal"y*bite) n. (Min.) Native iron carbonate; — usually called siderite.
Cham
(Cham) v. t. [See Chap.] To chew. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Sir T. More.
Cham
(Cham) n. [See Khan.] The sovereign prince of Tartary; — now usually written khan. Shak.