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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Favor \Fa"vor\, n. [Written also favour.] [OF. favor, F. faveur,
L. favor, fr. favere to be favorable, cf. Skr. bh[=a]vaya to
further, foster, causative of bh[=u] to become, be. Cf. {Be}.
In the phrase to curry favor, favor is prob. for favel a
horse. See 2d {Favel}.]
1. Kind regard; propitious aspect; countenance; friendly
disposition; kindness; good will.

Hath crawled into the favor of the king. --Shak.

2. The act of countenancing, or the condition of being
countenanced, or regarded propitiously; support;
promotion; befriending.

But found no favor in his lady's eyes. --Dryden.

And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in
favor with God and man. --Luke ii. 52.

3. A kind act or office; kindness done or granted;
benevolence shown by word or deed; an act of grace or good
will, as distinct from justice or remuneration.

Beg one favor at thy gracious hand. --Shak.

4. Mildness or mitigation of punishment; lenity.

I could not discover the lenity and favor of this
sentence. --Swift.

5. The object of regard; person or thing favored.

All these his wondrous works, but chiefly man, His
chief delight and favor. --Milton.

6. A gift or represent; something bestowed as an evidence of
good will; a token of love; a knot of ribbons; something
worn as a token of affection; as, a marriage favor is a
bunch or knot of white ribbons or white flowers worn at a
wedding.

Wear thou this favor for me, and stick it in thy
cap. --Shak.

7. Appearance; look; countenance; face. [Obs.]

This boy is fair, of female favor. --Shak.

8. (Law) Partiality; bias. --Bouvier.

9. A letter or epistle; -- so called in civility or
compliment; as, your favor of yesterday is received.

10. pl. Love locks. [Obs.] --Wright.

{Challenge} {to the favor or for favor} (Law), the challenge
of a juror on grounds not sufficient to constitute a
principal challenge, but sufficient to give rise to a
probable suspicion of favor or bias, such as acquaintance,
business relation, etc. See {Principal challenge}, under
{Challenge}.

{In favor of}, upon the side of; favorable to; for the
advantage of.

{In favor with}, favored, countenanced, or encouraged by.

{To curry favor} [see the etymology of {Favor}, above], to
seek to gain favor by flattery, caresses, kindness, or
officious civilities.

{With one's favor}, or {By one's favor}, with leave; by kind
permission.

But, with your favor, I will treat it here.
--Dryden.

Syn: Kindness; countenance; patronage; support; lenity;
grace; gift; present; benefit.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Challenge \Chal"lenge\, n. [OE. chalenge claim, accusation,
challenge, OF. chalenge, chalonge, claim, accusation,
contest, fr. L. calumnia false accusation, chicanery. See
{Calumny}.]
1. 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.

A challenge to controversy. --Goldsmith.

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

3. A claim or demand. [Obs.]

There must be no challenge of superiority.
--Collier.

4. (Hunting) The opening and crying of hounds at first
finding the scent of their game.

5. (Law) 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. --Blackstone

6. An exception to a person as not legally qualified to vote.
The challenge must be made when the ballot is offered. [U.
S.]

{Challenge to the array} (Law), an exception to the whole
panel.

{Challenge to the favor}, the alleging a special cause, the
sufficiency of which is to be left to those whose duty and
office it is to decide upon it.

{Challenge to the polls}, an exception taken to any one or
more of the individual jurors returned.

{Peremptory challenge}, a privilege sometimes allowed to
defendants, of challenging a certain number of jurors
(fixed by statute in different States) without assigning
any cause.

{Principal challenge}, that which the law allows to be
sufficient if found to be true.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Challenge \Chal"lenge\, v. i.
To assert a right; to claim a place.

Where nature doth with merit challenge. --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.

I challenge any man to make any pretense to power by
right of fatherhood. --Locke.

2. To call, invite, or summon to answer for an offense by
personal combat.

By this I challenge him to single fight. --Shak.

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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

challenge
n 1: a demanding or stimulating situation; "they reacted
irrationally to the challenge of Russian power"
2: a call to engage in a contest or fight
3: questioning a statement and demanding an explanation; "he
challenged the assumption that Japan is our enemy"
4: a formal objection to the selection of a particular person
as a juror
5: a demand by a sentry for a password or identification
v 1: take exception to; "She challenged his claims" [syn: {dispute},
{gainsay}]
2: issue a challenge to; "Fischer challenged Spassky to a
match"
3: ask for identification; "The illegal immigrant was
challenged by the border guard"
4: raise a formal objection in a court of law [syn: {take
exception}]


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