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.

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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

OTHER WORDS FROM arrogate

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

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH arrogate

abrogate, arrogate , derogate

Words nearby arrogate

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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|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
This king dared arrogate a law absolute unto himself; its statutes, his own caprices; its canons, his own pretensions?
Under the Rose|Frederic Stewart Isham
Who are these Spaniards that they should come among us and arrogate to themselves the possession of all authority?
Ponce de Leon|William Pilling

There 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 Baker
Presumptuous and ignorant men, who arrogate the earth to yourselves!
The Ruins|C. F. [Constantin Francois de] Volney

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 of arrogate

arrogation, nounarrogative (əˈrɒɡətɪv), adjectivearrogator, noun

Word Origin for arrogate

C16: from Latin arrogāre, from rogāre to ask

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arrogate

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