arrogate
verb (used with object)
to claim unwarrantably or presumptuously; assume or appropriate to oneself without right.
arrogating
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present participleof arrogate.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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He’s also arrogating actual facts to himself, which makes this triply scary.
From Slate ● Oct. 17, 2025
So, of course, it’s not just that he’s arrogating the piggy bank to himself.
From Slate ● Oct. 17, 2025
Without arrogating to myself any special merit or credit for taking this course, I wish that all people would do the same.
From From Bondage to Liberty in Religion A Spiritual Autobiography by George T. Ashley
The Protestants, of course, charged him as arrogating the same spiritual authority with the popes.
From Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 3 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History by Charles F. (Charles Francis) Horne
Seventhly, He abuseth the Parliament by arrogating so much to himself, as that his sermon “will, in the end, take away all difference, and settle union,” p.
From The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) by George Gillespie
