arrogate
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.
Origin of arrogate
1Other words from arrogate
- 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
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How to use arrogate in a sentence
And so they try to arrogate my medical authority for their cause.
Pediatrician: Don’t Make Your Kid’s Healthcare a Proxy in Your Divorce Battles | Russell Saunders | February 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt 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?
Under the Rose | Frederic Stewart IshamWho are these Spaniards that they should come among us and arrogate to themselves the possession of all authority?
Ponce de Leon | William PillingThere are gardens and gardens, and these represent the sort that are always spoken of in the plural and most arrogate the title.
Picture and Text | Henry James
No attempt seems to have been made on the part of any Archbishop of the Eastern capital to arrogate to himself temporal power.
The Walls of Constantinople | Bernard Granville BakerPresumptuous and ignorant men, who arrogate the earth to yourselves!
The Ruins | C. F. [Constantin Francois de] Volney
British Dictionary definitions for arrogate
/ (ˈærəˌɡeɪt) /
(tr) to claim or appropriate for oneself presumptuously or without justification
(tr) to attribute or assign to another without justification
Origin of arrogate
1Derived forms of arrogate
- arrogation, noun
- arrogative (əˈrɒɡətɪv), adjective
- arrogator, noun
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