arrogate

[ ar-uh-geyt ]

verb (used with object)

, ar·ro·gat·ed, ar·ro·gat·ing.

1. to claim unwarrantably or presumptuously; assume or appropriate to oneself without right:

   to arrogate the right to make decisions.

2. to attribute or assign to another; ascribe.

arrogate

/ ˈærəˌɡeɪt; əˈrɒɡətɪv /

verb

1. tr to claim or appropriate for oneself presumptuously or without justification
2. tr to attribute or assign to another without justification

Derived Forms

• arrogative, adjective
• ˈarroˌgator, noun
• ˌarroˈgation, noun

Other Words From

• arro·gating·ly adverb
• arro·gation noun
• arro·gator noun
• un·arro·gated adjective
• un·arro·gating adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of arrogate¹

1530–40; < Latin arrogātus appropriated, assumed, questioned (past participle of arrogāre ), equivalent to arrog- ( ar- ar- + rog ( āre ) to ask, propose) + -ātus -ate ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of arrogate¹

C16: from Latin arrogāre, from rogāre to ask

Example Sentences

And so they try to arrogate my medical authority for their cause.

From The Daily Beast

It is definitely alarming that a president can arrogate to himself this kind of power, whoever the president is.

From The Daily Beast

This king dared arrogate a law absolute unto himself; its statutes, his own caprices; its canons, his own pretensions?

From Project Gutenberg

Who are these Spaniards that they should come among us and arrogate to themselves the possession of all authority?

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There are gardens and gardens, and these represent the sort that are always spoken of in the plural and most arrogate the title.

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No attempt seems to have been made on the part of any Archbishop of the Eastern capital to arrogate to himself temporal power.

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Presumptuous and ignorant men, who arrogate the earth to yourselves!

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