challenge (v.) Copy link Outline I. To call upon to fight or contend1. prōvŏco, 1 (with some defining word). to c. any one, aliquem ad pugnam p., Cic.2. lăcesso, 3II. To object to a juror (leg. t. t.) • challenge (v.): I. To call upon to fight or contend: 1. prōvŏco, 1 (with some defining word). to c. any one, aliquem ad pugnam p., Cic.: Liv.: he c.s me to a game at dice, provocat me in aleam, Pl.: to c. any one to sing, aliquem cantatum p., Ter. 2. lăcesso, 3: v. to provoke, TO CALL UPON. II. To object to a juror (leg. t. t.): rejĭcĭo, jēci, jectum, 3: the defendant c.d 75 jurors out of 125, ex CXXV. judicibus, quinque et LXX. reus rejecit, Cic.: Plin.