1. To ask for identification.
2. To issue a challenge to.
3. To raise a formal objection in a court of law; SYN. take exception.
4. To take exception to; SYN. dispute, gainsay.

1. To challenge; SYN. dare.
2. To elude, esp. in a baffling way; SYN. resist, refuse.
3. To resist or confront with resistance; SYN. withstand, hold, hold up.

1. To call forth; SYN. evoke, call forth, kick up.
2. To provide the needed stimulus for; SYN. stimulate.