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5 definitions found 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 1.6 [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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