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==Etymology==
[[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English]. calenge, chalange, a. Old French, ca-, chalenge, -lange, orig. -longe (with many other forms) = Pr. calonja, Old Spanish. caloña:{em}L. calumnia, trickery, artifice, misrepresentation, false accusation, malicious [[action]] at [[law]]; prob. f. calvi, calvere to devise tricks. With the phonetic development in Old French. cf. that of somnium, songe. [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English]. had both the Northern French. calenge, and the central F. chalenge; the latter has (as in many other words) survived. Challenge is thus originally the same [[word]] as calumny. Some of the senses still in use go back to the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English]. and Old French. n., but others are taken immediately from the vb., as in blame, etc., so that the sequence is not simple.]
==Definitions==
*1. An accusation, charge, reproach, objection. 14th century
*2. a. The [[act]] of calling to account; esp. the act of a sentry in demanding the countersign. 14th century
:b. Hunting. The opening and crying of hounds at finding the scent
*3. Law. a. ‘An Exception taken, against either [[persons]] or [[things]]’ (Blount); spec. an objection made to one or more of the [[jury|jurymen]] in a trial, as in principal challenge, peremptory challenge, challenge to the array, to the polls, to the favour. Also, an exception taken to a vote, etc. 13th century
*4. A calling in question or disputing; the [[state]] of being called in [[inquiry|question]]. 19th century
*5. A claim; the act of demanding as a right. In early use, often, a false claim. Obs. 14th century
*6. a. An invitation or summons to a trial or contest of any kind; a defiance. 14th century
:b. In weakened use: a difficult or demanding task, esp. one seen as a test of one's abilities or [[character]]. 20th century
*7. spec. A summons to fight, esp. to single combat or duel. 16th century
[[Category: General Reference]]
==Etymology==
[[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English]. calenge, chalange, a. Old French, ca-, chalenge, -lange, orig. -longe (with many other forms) = Pr. calonja, Old Spanish. caloña:{em}L. calumnia, trickery, artifice, misrepresentation, false accusation, malicious [[action]] at [[law]]; prob. f. calvi, calvere to devise tricks. With the phonetic development in Old French. cf. that of somnium, songe. [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English]. had both the Northern French. calenge, and the central F. chalenge; the latter has (as in many other words) survived. Challenge is thus originally the same [[word]] as calumny. Some of the senses still in use go back to the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English]. and Old French. n., but others are taken immediately from the vb., as in blame, etc., so that the sequence is not simple.]
==Definitions==
*1. An accusation, charge, reproach, objection. 14th century
*2. a. The [[act]] of calling to account; esp. the act of a sentry in demanding the countersign. 14th century
:b. Hunting. The opening and crying of hounds at finding the scent
*3. Law. a. ‘An Exception taken, against either [[persons]] or [[things]]’ (Blount); spec. an objection made to one or more of the [[jury|jurymen]] in a trial, as in principal challenge, peremptory challenge, challenge to the array, to the polls, to the favour. Also, an exception taken to a vote, etc. 13th century
*4. A calling in question or disputing; the [[state]] of being called in [[inquiry|question]]. 19th century
*5. A claim; the act of demanding as a right. In early use, often, a false claim. Obs. 14th century
*6. a. An invitation or summons to a trial or contest of any kind; a defiance. 14th century
:b. In weakened use: a difficult or demanding task, esp. one seen as a test of one's abilities or [[character]]. 20th century
*7. spec. A summons to fight, esp. to single combat or duel. 16th century
[[Category: General Reference]]
