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arrogate
[ ar-uh-geyt ]
verb (used with object)
- to claim unwarrantably or presumptuously; assume or appropriate to oneself without right:
to arrogate the right to make decisions.
- to attribute or assign to another; ascribe.
arrogate
/ əˈrɒɡətɪv; ˈærəˌɡeɪt /
verb
- tr to claim or appropriate for oneself presumptuously or without justification
- tr to attribute or assign to another without justification
Derived Forms
- ˈarroˌgator, noun
- arrogative, adjective
- ˌarroˈgation, noun
Other Words From
- arro·gating·ly adverb
- arro·gation noun
- arro·gator noun
- un·arro·gated adjective
- un·arro·gating adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of arrogate1
Example Sentences
And so they try to arrogate my medical authority for their cause.
It is definitely alarming that a president can arrogate to himself this kind of power, whoever the president is.
This king dared arrogate a law absolute unto himself; its statutes, his own caprices; its canons, his own pretensions?
Who are these Spaniards that they should come among us and arrogate to themselves the possession of all authority?
There are gardens and gardens, and these represent the sort that are always spoken of in the plural and most arrogate the title.
No attempt seems to have been made on the part of any Archbishop of the Eastern capital to arrogate to himself temporal power.
Presumptuous and ignorant men, who arrogate the earth to yourselves!
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