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
The succeeding years present us with an epidemic of expositions, most of them, often on the slenderest grounds, arrogating the title of "international."
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 099, March, 1876 by Various
That these functions were capable of being described in the terms employed was, we felt, no reason for arrogating high places to ourselves.
From The Story of Anna Kingsford and Edward Maitland and of the new Gospel of Interpretation by Edward Maitland
So Maurice Mangan was arrogating to himself, was he, the right of guessing Francie's preferences?
From Prince Fortunatus by William Black
