Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
A challenge.
verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo challenge (someone) or brave (a hazard or opposition). · To refuse to obey. · To not conform to or follow a pattern, set of rules or expectations. · To renounce or dissolve all bonds of affiance, faith, or obligation with; to reject, refuse, or renounce.
From Old French desfier, from Vulgar Latin *disfidare (“renounce one's faith”), from Latin dis- (“away”) + fidus (“faithful”). Meaning shifted in the 14th century from "be disloyal" to "challenge". Contrast confide, fidelity, faith.
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