chalengen

Borrowed from Old French chalengier, chalongier, chalenger, from Latin calumnior; equivalent to chalenge +‎ -en.

• chalengyn, challengen, calangy, calengen, chalange, calange, calenge, kalange

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʃalɛndʒən/, /ˈtʃalandʒən/, /ˈtʃalau̯ndʒən/
• (From Old Northern French) IPA^(key): /ˈkalɛndʒ(ə)/, /ˈkalandʒ(ə)/

chalengen

1. To insult, criticise, or reprehend something or someone; to find fault with.
2. To counter, oppose, argue, or work against something or someone; to be against.
3. To take, especially wrongfully; to appropriate or expropriate something.
4. To claim ownership or a privilege; to say something or some power is one's own.
5. To make an accusation or allegation; especially a malicious and wrongful one.
6. To track or go towards something; to search for, seek out, or look for.
7. To make a summons to fight a duel or a call to arms.
8. (rare) To forcefully request or ask for; to impose a duty on someone.
9. (rare) To behave harmfully, unfairly and unjustifiedly towards someone.
10. (rare) To inflict punishment or penalties upon someone for their actions.
11. (rare) To win a conflict or engagement; to defeat one's enemies.
12. (rare) To give as a reason for entering into a duel.

• English: challenge
• Scots: challenge

• “chalenǧen (v.))” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-02-28.