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  • 1 provoco

    prō-vŏco, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n., to call forth, call out.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen. (very rare):

    aliquem,

    Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 43:

    ut ubi illaec prodeat, me provoces,

    id. Mil. 4, 3, 28; id. Bacch. 3, 3, 40:

    mandant, ut ad se provocet Simonidem,

    Phaedr. 4, 23, 25:

    dum rota Luciferi provocet orta diem,

    lead up, call forth, Tib. 1, 9, 62:

    Memnonis mater roseo provocet ore diem,

    Ov. P. 1, 4, 58; cf. id. F. 1, 456:

    provocare et elicere novas radiculas,

    Col. 3, 15, 5.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To call out, challenge, invite one to any thing (as to play, sing, drink, fight, etc.):

    provocat me in aleam,

    challenged me to a game, Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 75:

    pedibus,

    to a race, id. Ep. 5, 1, 58:

    aliquem tesseris,

    Macr. S. 1, 10:

    aliquem cantatum,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 53:

    aliquem ad pugnam,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 22, 49; cf. Liv. 8, 7, and Flor. 2, 17, 11 Duker: duces nec prohibere paucos temere provocantis volebant, nec, etc., Liv. 23, 16, 4:

    et oleo et mero viros provocant,

    Sen. Ep. 95, 21:

    aliquem ad bibendum,

    Vop. Firm. 4.—
    2.
    In jurid. lang., to take a cause before a higher court, to appeal, make an appeal; in this signif. usually neutr., ad aliquem; act. only post-class., with the judge to whom the appeal is made as object (cf. appello).
    (α).
    Neutr.:

    ut de majestate damnati ad populum provocent,

    Cic. Phil. 1, 9, 21; cf.: quam id rectum sit, tu judicabis;

    ne ad Catonem quidem provocabo,

    id. Att. 6, 1, 7:

    provoco ad populum,

    Liv. 8, 33:

    arreptus a viatore, Provoco, inquit,

    I appeal, id. 3, 56:

    si a duumviris provocarit, provocatione certato,

    id. 1, 26, 6; 3, 56:

    ab omni judicio poenāque provocari licere,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 31, 54.—
    (β).
    Act., to appeal to a judge (post-class.):

    si judicem provocent,

    Dig. 8, 28, 6:

    si praefectus urbi judicem dederit, ipse erit provocandus, qui eum judicem dederit,

    ib. 49, 3, 1.—Also:

    provocare judicium ad populum,

    to bring the decision before the people by appeal, Val. Max. 8, 1, 1;

    rarely, aliquem ad judicem,

    to cite, summon before, App. Flor. p. 360, 24.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To challenge to a contest, to contend with, emulate, rival, vie with (post-Aug.):

    aliquem virtute,

    to vie with him in virtue, Plin. Ep. 2, 7, 4:

    elegia Graecos provocamus,

    Quint. 10, 1, 93; cf.:

    ea pictura naturam ipsam provocavit,

    Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 94.—Of things, Plin. 16, 8, 12, § 32:

    immensum latus Circi templorum pulchritudinem provocat,

    id. Pan. 51, 3.—
    B.
    To challenge, incite, provoke to any thing:

    felicitas temporum, quae bonam conscientiam civium tuorum ad usum indulgentiae tuae provocat,

    Plin. Ep. 10, 12 (7) fin.:

    omni comitate ad hilaritatem et jocum provocare,

    Suet. Calig. 27; id. Claud. 21:

    tacentes ad communionem sermonis,

    id. Aug. 74.—
    C.
    To excite, stimulate, exasperate, stir up, rouse with any thing (class.;

    syn.: irrito, lacesso): qui non solum a me provocatus sed etiam suā sponte solet, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 3:

    aliquem beneficio,

    id. Off. 1, 15, 48:

    sermonibus,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 74:

    minis et verbis,

    Tac. H. 3, 24:

    bello,

    id. ib. 4, 17:

    injuriā,

    id. A. 14, 49 et saep.:

    ad iracundiam,

    Vulg. Isa. 63, 10; id. Deut. 4, 25. —
    D.
    To call forth, occasion, produce, cause:

    officia comitate,

    Tac. H. 5, 1:

    mortem tot modis,

    Plin. 19, praef. 1, §

    5: bellum,

    Tac. G. 35; Plin. Pan. 16.—
    E.
    (Acc. to I. B. 2.) To appeal to any thing, to cite as authority or proof (late Lat.):

    ad litteras Pudentillae,

    App. Mag. 84, p. 326, 40:

    ad Judaeorum Codices provocare,

    Aug. Serm. 202, 3.

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  • 2 ē-vocō

        ē-vocō āvī, ātus, āre,    to call out, call forth, summon, evoke: te huc foras, T.: milites ex hibernis in expeditionem, S.: virum e curiā, L.: testīs huc: nostros ad pugnam, challenge, Cs.: deus evocatus sacratis sibi finibus, removed by invocation, L.: animas Orco, V.: centuriones, Cs.: viris fortibus nominatim evocatis, Cs.: alqm litteris: nostros ad pugnam, challenge, Cs.: ad arma: ad praedam, Cs.: manīs: alqm ab inferis: proavos sepulchris, O.—Fig., to call forth, bring out, elicit, stir, raise: probitas non praemiorum mercedibus evocata: familiam e tenebris in lucem: sic te iis (litteris) evocatam, appealed to: (cogitationes) in medium, L.: praedae cupiditas multos longius evocabat, led on, Cs.

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  • 3 invītō

        invītō āvī, ātus, āre    [for * invocito, freq. of invoco], to invite, treat, feast, entertain: hominem, T.: suos in castra invitandi causā adducunt, for entertainment, Cs.: te domum suam: alius alium domos suas invitant, S.: senatorem tecto ac domo: moenibus hostem, V.: aliquem ad prandium: ad consulem, L.: utrumque in hospitium, L.: eum, ut apud me diversetur.—To invite, summon, challenge: a Caesare liberaliter invitor in legationem illam: praemiis.—To ask, request, urge: Germanos, uti, etc., Cs.: eum per litteras, ut, etc.—Fig., to incite, allure, attract: quibus rebus invitati, Cs.: ad te improbos: invitat hiemps curasque resolvit, V.: ipsam (adsentationem), encourage flattery: somnos, court, O.: culpam, allure to transgression, O.: pretiis animos, arouse, V.: cum te fortuna ad dignitatem invitet: Vicina invitet decedere ripa calori, V.
    * * *
    invitare, invitavi, invitatus V
    invite, summon; challenge, incite; encourage; attract, allure, entice

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  • 4 lacessō

        lacessō īvī, ītus, ere    [lacio (obsol.), 1 LAC-], to excite, provoke, challenge, exasperate, irritate: ferro virum: virum voce, V.: me amabis et scripto aliquo lacesses, i. e. force me to write in return: si non lacessisset prior, T.: hostīs proelio, i. e. assail, Cs.: te iniuriā: Saguntini nec lacessentes nec lacessiti, L.: leonem, H.: aera Sole lacessita (i. e. percussa radiis solis), struck with the sunbeams' glitter, V.: taurus ventos lacessit ictibus, tosses defiance, V.— To urge, arouse, excite, stimulate, shake, move: ad philosophas scriptiones: ad pugnam, L.: aurigae manibus lacessunt Pectora plausa cavis, pat their breasts, V.: bella, V.: deos (precibus), importune, H.: pelagus carinā, defy, H.— To call forth, arouse, produce: sermones: ferrum, V.
    * * *
    lacessere, lacessivi, lacessitus V
    provoke, excite, harass, challenge, harass; attack, assail

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  • 5 rēiciō

        rēiciō (not reiiciō; imper. reice, disyl., V.), rēiēcī, iectus, ere    [re-+iacio], to throw back, fling back, hurl back: telum in hostīs, Cs.: togam ab umero, L.: ex umeris amictum, V.: de corpore vestem, O.: paenulam: ab ore colubras, O.: Capillus circum caput Reiectus neglegenter, T.: scutum, throw over the back (in flight): fatigata membra, i. e. stretch on the ground, Cu.: a se mea pectora, to push back, O.: (librum) e gremio suo, fling away, O.: oculos Rutulorum reicit arvis, averts, V.: pascentīs a flumine reice capellas, drive back, V.: in postremam aciem, throw to the rear, L.: se in eum, into his arms, T.— To force back, beat back, repel, repulse: eos in oppidum, Cs.: Tusci reiecti armis, V. ab Antiocheā hostem.— Pass, to be driven back: navīs tempestate reiectas revertisse, Cs.: reflantibus ventis reici: ex cursu Dyrrachium reiecti, L.—Fig., to drive back, drive away, cast off, remove, repel, reject: ad famem hunc ab studio, T.: ferrum et audaciam: retrorsum Hannibalis minas, H.— To reject contemptuously, refuse, scorn, disdain, despise: nos, T.: petentem, O.: Lydiam, H.: refutetur ac reiciatur ille clamor: quae cum reiecta relatio esset, when the appeal was overruled, L.: volgarīs taedas, O.: Reiectā praedā, H.: dona nocentium, H.— P. n. as s<*>bst.: reicienda, evils to be rejected: reiecta.—Of judges, to set aside, challenge peremptorily, reject: ex CXXV iudicibus quinque et LXX: potestas reiciendi, right of challenge.—Of persons, to refer, direct, assign: ad ipsam te epistulam: in hunc gregem Sullam, transfer (in your judgment).—In public life, to refer, turn over (for deliberation or decision): totam rem ad Pompeium, Cs.: ab tribunis ad senatum res est reiecta, L.: id cum ad senatum relatum esset, L.: ut nihil huc reicias: legati ab senatu reiecti ad populum, referred, L.—In time, to defer, postpone: a Kal. Febr. legationes in Idūs Febr. reiciebantur: repente abs te in mensem Quintilem reiecti sumus.
    * * *
    reicere, rejeci, rejectus V TRANS
    throw back; drive back; repulse, repel; refuse, reject, scorn

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  • 6 invito

    invīto, āvi, ātum, 1 (invitassitis for invitaveritis, Plaut. Rud. 3, 5, 31), v. a. [perh. for invicito; root vec-; Sanscr. vak-, speak; vak'as, word; cf.: vox, convicium; Gr. Wep- in eipon, ops], to invite, treat, feast, entertain (cf. illicio; class.).
    I.
    Lit., constr. with ad or in and acc., with simple acc. or abl., or with ut.
    (α).
    With ad:

    aliquem ad prandium,

    Cic. Mur. 35, 73:

    ad cenam,

    Val. Max. 2, 1, 2; Cic. Fam. 7, 9, 2; Suet. Aug. 34;

    ad consulem,

    Liv. 45, 8 fin. —
    (β).
    With in and acc.:

    aliquem in hospitium,

    Liv. 28, 18; cf. Val. Max. 2, 10, ext. 1:

    ad cenam in hortos in posterum diem,

    Cic. Off. 3, 14, 58. —
    (γ).
    With simple acc.: aliquem domum suam ut animum ejus in Sthenium inflammarent (cf. e infra), Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 36, § 89; Liv. 3, 14:

    alius alium domos suas invitant,

    Sall. J. 66. 3; Nep. Att. 13, 6.—
    (δ).
    With abl.:

    aliquem tecto ac domo,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 11, § 25; cf.:

    hospitio invitabit,

    id. Phil. 12, 9, 23.—
    (ε).
    With ut:

    invito eum, ut apud me diversetur,

    Cic. Att. 13, 2;

    ut cenem invitor?

    Mart. 4, 68, 2.— Absol., to entertain:

    alii suos in castra, invitandi causā adducunt,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 74:

    aliquem poculis,

    to challenge to drink, Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 31. — With se, to treat one ' s self, drink one ' s [p. 997] own health:

    sese in cena plusculum,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 127: se cibo vinoque largius, Sall. Fragm. ap. Non. 321, 25 (Hist. 4, 4 Dietsch). —Comic.: gladio, to treat to the sword, i. e. to want to kill, Plaut. Cas. 3, 6, 21; cf.:

    aliquem clavā,

    id. Rud. 3, 5, 31.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    To invite, summon, challenge:

    a Caesare liberaliter invitor in legationem illam,

    Cic. Att. 2, 18, 3:

    Cosconio mortuo, in ejus locum invitor,

    id. ib. 1, 19, 4:

    hostes ad deditionem,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 19:

    aliquem ad audiendum,

    Suet. Calig. 53:

    ad spectaculum,

    id. Ner. 12:

    praemiis ad quippiam agendum,

    Cic. Lig. 4:

    in libidinem,

    Suet. Calig. 41.—
    B.
    To incite, allure, attract:

    ni id me invitet ut faciam fides,

    Plaut. Trin. 1, 1, 5:

    invitat hiemps curasque resolvit,

    Verg. G. 1, 302:

    invitent croceis halantes floribus horti,

    id. ib. 4, 109:

    ad agrum fruendum invitat atque allectat senectus,

    Cic. de Sen. 16; so,

    assentationem,

    to encourage flattery, id. Lael. 26:

    invitare et allicere appetitum animi,

    id. Fin. 5, 6:

    somnos,

    to attract, Ov. M. 11, 604:

    culpam,

    to allure to transgression, id. H. 17, 183:

    invitatur vino appetentia ciborum,

    Plin. 23, 1, 22, § 38:

    fossis invitavit mare,

    i. e. conducted, Sol. 2. — Trop., of things:

    invitat somnos crepitantibus unda lapillis,

    Ov. M. 11, 604; cf. Hor. Epod. 2, 28. — With inf.:

    vicina invitet decedere ripa calori,

    Verg. G. 4, 23.—
    C.
    To ask, request, urge:

    Germanos, uti ab Rheno discederent,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 6:

    benignis verbis, ut, etc.,

    Val. Max. 4, 3, 5 al.

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  • 7 arduum

        arduum ī, n    [arduus], a steep place, steep: ardua evadere, L.: in ardua montis ite, O.: per arduum scandere, H.—Fig., difficulty: nil mortalibus ardui est, H.
    * * *
    steep/high place, heights, elevation; arduous/difficult/hard task; challenge

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  • 8 certāmen

        certāmen inis, n    [certo], a decisive contest, measuring of forces, struggle, strife, dispute, dissension, rivalry, competition: inter clarissimos duces: de urbis possessione: cum alqo: regni, L.: nostrum: certamina domi finita, civil dissensions, L.: inter mortalīs vine an virtute, etc., S.: certamina divitiarum, H. — A battle, fight, struggle, combat, engagement: ubi res ad certamen venit, S.: in certamine ipso, L.: medio in certamine, V.: ita vario certamine pugnatum est, such were the changing aspects of the battle, Cs.: humanum, between men, L.: pari certamine geri, with equal numbers, Cs.: pugnae, O.: navale, V.: non temptato certamine, L.: me in certamina poscere, challenge, V. — A trial, race, match, contest, struggle: gladiatorium: Instituit celebri certamine ludos, O.: celebrata sancto certamina patri, V.: cursūs, O.: equus certamine primus, H.: ponam certamina classis, make a match, V.: Velocis iaculi certamina ponit, V.—Meton., rivalry, competition, emulation, ambition, zeal: honoris et gloriae: pugna mediocri certamine commissa: olli certamine summo Procumbunt, V.: magni certaminis dimicatio, L.— A prize: tanti certaminis heres, O.
    * * *
    contest, competition; battle, combat, struggle; rivalry; (matter in) dispute

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  • 9 comparātiō (conp-)

        comparātiō (conp-) ōnis, f    [2 comparo], a comparing, comparison, inquiry by comparison: de duobus honestis utrum honestius: alqd in comparationem referre, to challenge comparison, Ta.— A relation, aspect: eadem inter se. — An agreement, contract: provincia sine comparatione data, L.—In rhet.: criminis, a defence by a comparison.

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  • 10 dē-pōscō

        dē-pōscō popōscī, —, ere,    to demand, require, request earnestly, call for: unum ad id bellum imperatorem deposci: imperatorem Caesarem: sibi navīs, Cs.: pericula, Ta.: sicut semper depoposcimus, Cs.: omnibus pollicitationibus deposcunt, qui belli initium faciant, Cs.—To demand, request, claim (a duty or office): sibi id muneris, Cs.: tibi partīs istas: sibi procurationem incendendae urbis.—To demand (for punishment): aliquem ad mortem, Cs.: alqm morti, Ta.: Pompeium interficiendum: auctorem culpae, L.: ausum Talia, O.: altera me deposcere putabatur, to demand my death.—To call out, challenge: Volscos sibi, L.

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  • 11 invītātiō

        invītātiō ōnis, f    [invito], an invitation, incitement, challenge: fit invitatio, ut biberetur: ad dolendum: benigna, i. e. to a banquet, L.: invitationes adventūsque nostrorum hominum.
    * * *

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  • 12 pōscō

        pōscō popōscī, —, ere, inch.    [PREC-], to ask urgently, beg, demand, request, desire: Impius es cum poscis, ait: sed pensio clamat, Posce, beg, Iu.: Fauno immolare, Seu poscat agnā sīve malit haedo, if he require it, H.: argentum: pugnam, L.: peccatis veniam, H.: accusant ei, quos populus poscit, demands for punishment: dictatorem reum, require the prosecution of, L.: ego poscor Olympo, it is I that Olympus summons, V.: tua numina, invoke, V.: abs te litteras: parentes pretium pro sepulturā liberūm poscere: non ita creditum Poscis Quintilium deos, H.: Quid dedicatum poscit Apollinem Vates? H.: gravidae posceris exta bovis, they ask you for the entrails, O.: poscor meum Laelapa, they demand of me, O.: Parilia poscor, O.: poscimus, ut cenes civiliter, Iu.: poscat sibi fabula credi, H.: Esse sacerdotes delubraque vestra tueri Poscimus, O.: poscunt maioribus poculis (sc. bibere), challenge with larger goblets.—Of things, to make necessary, demand, require, need, call for: quod res poscere videbatur, Cs.: quod negotium poscebat, S.: terrae semina poscunt, V.
    * * *
    poscere, poposci, - V
    ask, demand

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  • 13 prōvocātiō

        prōvocātiō ōnis, f    [provoco], a citation before a higher tribunal, appeal: ad populum: poena sine provocatione: de provocatione certatum ad populum est, L.: provocationes omnium rerum.
    * * *

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  • 14 prō-vocō

        prō-vocō āvī, ātus, āre,    to call forth, call out, summon: Pamphilam cantatum, T.: ad se Simonidem, Ph.: <*>oseo ore diem, O.—To call out, challenge, invite: (Aiacem) ad pugnam: provocatus haec spolia ex hoste caeso porto, L.: in provocantem hostem pugnare, L.—To go before a higher tribunal, appeal, make an appeal: de maiestate ad populum: ab omni iudicio poenāque provocari licere.—Fig., to excite, stimulate, exasperate, stir up, rouse: maledictis me: beneficio provocati: sermonibus, Cs.: munificentiā nostrā plebem, L.: bellum, Ta.

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  • 15 tergiversor

        tergiversor —, ārī, dep.    [tergum+verto], to turn the back, decline, refuse, make difficulties, boggle, shuffle, evade, shift, tergiversate: quid tergiversaris?: hunc tergiversantem iudicio persequi: non incallide: locus ad tergiversandum: (consulem) tergiversari res cogebat, L.
    * * *
    tergiversari, tergiversatus sum V DEP
    turn one's back on a task or challenge; hang back

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  • 16 vocō

        vocō āvī, ātus, āre    [VOC-], to call, summon, invoke, call together, convoke: (patrem) blandā voce: hominum multitudinem ex omni provinciā vocat, Cs.: classico ad concilium milites ad tribunos, L.: patribus vocatis, V.: Fertur haec moriens pueris dixisse vocatis, H.: ut in senatum vocarentur qui, etc., L.: in contionem vocari placuit, L.— Poet.: Tum cornix plenā pluviam vocat voce, i. e. announces, V.: pugnas, i. e. declare war, V.— To call upon, invoke, appeal to: Voce vocans Hecaten, invoking, V.: ventis vocatis, V.: Auxilio deos, V.: vos (deos) in verba, as witnesses, O.: Quem vocet divōm populus, H.: votis imbrem, call down, V.: (Charon) levare functum Pauperem laboribus Vocatus, H.—In legal proceedings, to cite, summon: in ius: vocatus Ariston purgare sese, L.—As a guest, to bid, invite, ask: alqm ad cenam, T.: ad prandium volgo: Spatium Vocandi dabitur, i. e. for sending invitations, T.—To call, invite, exhort, summon, urge, stimulate: me ad vitam: quam in spem me.—To challenge, defy: centuriones hostīs, si introire vellent, vocare coeperunt, Cs.: cum hinc Aetoli vocarent ad bellum, L.: cantu vocat in certamina divos, V.—To call by name, name, denominate, designate, entitle: urbem Romam, Enn. ap. C.: regem illum unum: ad Spelaeum, quod vocant, biduum moratus, L.: me miserum vocares, H.: patrioquo vocat de nomine mensem, names after, O.: se Quirinum vocari: Sive tu Lucina probas vocari, H.—To call, bring, draw, put, set, place: apud milites me in invidiam: in partem (hereditatis) mulieres vocatae sunt, succeeded to a share: me ad Democritum vocas, refer: eam (causam) in iudicium, bring to trial: quae fecisti, in iudicium voco, I call to account: sub iudicium singula verba, O.: si ad calculos eum res p. vocet, L.: Italiam ad exitium vocas, i.e. threaten with ruin.—Of things, to invite, call, summon, incite, arouse: lenis crepitans vocat Auster in altum, V.: Quāque vocant fluctūs, O.: Carthaginiensīs fessos nox ad quietem vocabat, L.: ipso anni tempore ad gerendum bellum vocari, Cs.
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    vocare, vocavi, vocatus V
    call, summon; name; call upon

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  • 17 compello

    I
    compellare, compellavi, compellatus V TRANS
    address, accost, speak to, call upon; appeal to; challenge; chide/rebuke; accuse
    II
    compellere, compuli, compulsus V TRANS
    drive together (cattle), round up; force, compel, impel, drive; squeeze; gnash

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  • 18 conpello

    I
    conpellare, conpellavi, conpellatus V TRANS
    address, accost, speak to, call upon; appeal to; challenge; chide/rebuke; accuse
    II
    conpellere, conpuli, conpulsus V TRANS
    drive together (cattle), round up; force, compel, impel, drive; squeeze; gnash

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  • 19 deposco

    deposcere, deposci, - V TRANS
    demand peremptorily; ask for earnestly; require; request earnestly; challenge

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  • 20 provoco

    provocare, provocavi, provocatus V
    call forth; challenge; provoke

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  • challenge — [ ʃalɑ̃ʒ; tʃalɛndʒ ] n. m. • 1884; mot angl. « défi »; a. fr. « débat, chicane », forme pop. du lat. calumnia → calomnie ♦ Anglic. 1 ♦ Épreuve sportive dans laquelle le vainqueur détient un prix, un titre jusqu à ce qu un vainqueur nouveau l en… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • challenge — chal‧lenge [ˈtʆælndʒ] noun [countable] 1. ACCOUNTING a careful check of the cash and shares etc held by the employees of a company, as part of an official check to discover if there has been any dishonesty 2. something difficult that you feel… …   Financial and business terms

  • 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 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.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Challenge 21 — is a scheme in the United Kingdom introduced by the British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) aimed at preventing young people gaining access to age restricted products including cigarettes and alcohol.[1] Under the scheme, customers attempting to… …   Wikipedia

  • Challenge — Hebdo  Pour l’article homonyme, voir Challenges.   Challenge Hebdo {{{nomorigine}}} …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Challenge — Brownsville, CA U.S. Census Designated Place in California Population (2000): 1069 Housing Units (2000): 580 Land area (2000): 9.664709 sq. miles (25.031480 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000):… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Challenge, CA — Challenge Brownsville, CA U.S. Census Designated Place in California Population (2000): 1069 Housing Units (2000): 580 Land area (2000): 9.664709 sq. miles (25.031480 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • challenge — [chal′ənj] n. [ME & OFr chalenge, accusation, claim, dispute < L calumnia, CALUMNY] 1. a demand for identification [a sentry gave the challenge] 2. a calling into question; a demanding of proof, explanation, etc. [a challenge of the premises… …   English World dictionary

  • Challenge — (engl. für „Herausforderung“) bezeichnet: das Sicherheitsprotokoll Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol das Plattenlabel Challenge Records einen Begriff aus dem American Football die internationale Serie von Triathlon Wettkämpfen Challenge …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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