What is "to challenge to the"

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.