Challenging : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Challenging	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
challenging adj requiring full use of your abilities or resources; "ambitious schedule"; "performed the most challenging task without a mistake" Synonym(s): ambitious, challenging stimulating interest or thought; "a challenging hypothesis"; "a thought-provoking book" Synonym(s): challenging, thought- provoking disturbingly provocative; "an intriguing smile" Synonym(s): challenging, intriguing
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 [bd]Who comes there?[b8] 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.