arrogate

[ ar-uh-geyt ]

/ ˈær əˌgeɪt /

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verb (used with object), ar·ro·gat·ed, ar·ro·gat·ing.

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.

Nearby words

arrière-pensée, arroba, arrogance, arrogance of power, arrogant, arrogate, arrondissement, arrow, arrow arum, arrowgrass, arrowhead

Origin of arrogate

1530–40; < Latin arrogātus appropriated, assumed, questioned (past participle of arrogāre), equivalent to arrog- (ar- ar- + rog(āre) to ask, propose) + -ātus -ate¹

Related forms

ar·ro·gat·ing·ly, adverbar·ro·ga·tion, nounar·ro·ga·tor, nounun·ar·ro·gat·ed, adjective

un·ar·ro·gat·ing, adjective

Can be confused

abdicate abrogate arrogate derogate

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Examples from the Web for arrogate

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|DAILY BEAST
It is definitely alarming that a president can arrogate to himself this kind of power, whoever the president is.
Obama and the Justice Department Memo|Michael Tomasky|February 6, 2013|DAILY BEAST
We are not His slaves, if we arrogate to ourselves the right of doing what we like with His possessions.
Expositions of Holy Scripture: Romans Corinthians (To II Corinthians, Chap. V)|Alexander Maclaren
Upon what grounds then does he arrogate the right of condemning by wholesale a body of men of whom he can know little?
The Works of Lord Byron, Volume 2|George Gordon Byron

We should not arrogate to ourselves the sole right to rule and reason.
Laugh and Live|Douglas Fairbanks
However, we will not arrogate to ourselves the censorship of his motives, but simply confine ourselves to a recordance of events.
Fern Vale (Volume 3)|Colin Munro
You arrogate to yourselves all the rights, as you have done all the virtues!
The Pearl of the Andes|Gustave Aimard

British Dictionary definitions for arrogate

arrogate

/ (ˈærəˌɡeɪt) /

verb

(tr) to claim or appropriate for oneself presumptuously or without justification

(tr) to attribute or assign to another without justification

Derived Forms

arrogation, nounarrogative (əˈrɒɡətɪv), adjectivearrogator, noun

Word Origin for arrogate

C16: from Latin arrogāre, from rogāre to ask

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