arrogate
Americanverb (used with object)
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to claim unwarrantably or presumptuously; assume or appropriate to oneself without right.
to arrogate the right to make decisions.
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to attribute or assign to another; ascribe.
verb
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(tr) to claim or appropriate for oneself presumptuously or without justification
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(tr) to attribute or assign to another without justification
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
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arrogatornoun
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arrogationnoun
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arrogatinglyadverb
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arrogativeadjective
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unarrogatedadjective
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unarrogatingadjective
Conjugated Forms
Present
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have arrogatedperfect
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has arrogatedperfect 3rd person singular
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am arrogatingprogressive 1st person singular
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have been arrogatingperfect progressive
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is arrogatingprogressive 3rd person singular
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arrogatessingular 3rd person
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has been arrogatingperfect progressive 3rd person singular
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are arrogatingprogressive
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arrogatingparticiple
Past
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had arrogatedperfect
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was arrogatingprogressive singular
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had been arrogatingperfect progressive
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were arrogatingprogressive plural
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arrogatedparticiple
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arrogatedsimple
Future
Etymology
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 -ate 1
Explanation
To arrogate is to take over. When the teacher steps out of the classroom and some bossy student marches up to the front of the class and begins scolding the other kids? The student is trying to arrogate the teacher's authority. When someone takes control of something, often without permission, such as when a military general assumes the power of a country's government after getting rid of the previous leader, they arrogate power or control to themselves. Occasionally the verb arrogate means something like "assert one's right to," or take something that is deserved, but more often it implies a taking by force.
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Example Sentences
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He won in 2017 with Arrogate and in 2020 with Mucho Gusto.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 27, 2024
She’s 3, the Kentucky Oaks champion, sired by the great Arrogate.
From Washington Post • May 20, 2022
Arrogate won the Eclipse Award as 3-year-old of the year in 2016.
From Seattle Times • May 7, 2022
Baffert trained Arrogate, the only one of the six previous winners to keep running after winning the Classic.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 5, 2021
Arrogate, ar′rog-āt, v.t. to claim as one's own: to claim proudly or unduly.—ns.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
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