arrogate — vb Arrogate, usurp, preempt, appropriate, confiscate mean to seize or assume something by more or less high handed methods. Arrogate (commonly followed by to and a reflexive pronoun) implies an unwarranted and usually an insolent or presumptuous… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Arrogate — Ar ro*gate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Arrogated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Arrogating}.] [L. arrogatus, p. p. of adrogare, arrogare, to ask, appropriate to one s self; ad + rogare to ask. See {Rogation}.] To assume, or claim as one s own, unduly, proudly, or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
arrogate — (v.) 1530s, from L. arrogatus, pp. of arrogare to claim for oneself (see ARROGANCE (Cf. arrogance)). Related: Arrogated; arrogating … Etymology dictionary
arrogate — [v] claim without justification accroach, appropriate, assume, commandeer, confiscate, demand, expropriate, preempt, presume, seize, take, usurp; concepts 142,266 Ant. appropriate, give, hand over … New thesaurus
arrogate — ► VERB ▪ take or claim for oneself without justification. DERIVATIVES arrogation noun. ORIGIN Latin arrogare claim for oneself … English terms dictionary
arrogate — [ar′əgāt΄, er′əgāt΄] vt. arrogated, arrogating [< L arrogatus, pp. of arrogare, to claim < ad , to, for + rogare, to ask: see ROGATION] 1. to claim or seize without right; appropriate (to oneself) arrogantly 2. to ascribe or attribute… … English World dictionary
arrogate — v. (formal) (B) to arrogate a privilege to oneself * * * [ ærəgeɪt] (formal) (B) to arrogate a privilege to oneself … Combinatory dictionary
arrogate — UK [ˈærəɡeɪt] / US [ˈærəˌɡeɪt] verb [transitive] Word forms arrogate : present tense I/you/we/they arrogate he/she/it arrogates present participle arrogating past tense arrogated past participle arrogated formal to take power that is not legally… … English dictionary
arrogate — abrogate, arrogate Abrogate means ‘to repel, annul, or cancel’ and is used with reference to laws, rules, treaties, and other formal agreements • (The Cabinet clung stubbornly to the belief that the mere signing of the agreement itself abrogated… … Modern English usage
arrogate — arrogatingly, adv. arrogation, n. arrogator, n. /ar euh gayt /, v.t., arrogated, arrogating. 1. to claim unwarrantably or presumptuously; assume or appropriate to oneself without right: to arrogate the right to make decisions. 2. to attribute or… … Universalium
