arrogate
verb (used with object)
to claim unwarrantably or presumptuously; assume or appropriate to oneself without right.
is arrogating
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present progressiveof arrogate (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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The natural consequence is that the objective world is arrogating the first place in consciousness, and the subjective world is sinking into the secondary rank.
From The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life by William Rounseville Alger
Your question was expressed very undiplomatically, Mr. Edestone, for one who is arrogating to himself the prerogatives of an envoy and ambassador.
From L.P.M. : the end of the Great War by J. Stewart (John Stewart) Barney
