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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 — ► VERB ▪ take or claim for oneself without justification. DERIVATIVES arrogation noun. ORIGIN Latin arrogare claim for oneself … English terms dictionary
arrogate — (v.) 1530s, from L. arrogatus, pp. of arrogare to claim for oneself (see ARROGANCE (Cf. arrogance)). Related: Arrogated; arrogating … Etymology 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 — 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
arrogate — v 1.(all in reference to oneself) assume, appropriate, claim, avail oneself of, help oneself to, make free with; seize, take, commandeer, expropriate, usurp, confiscate. 2.(all in reference to another; all falsely or unjustly) impute, ascribe,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
arrogate — [ arəgeɪt] verb take or claim for oneself without justification. Derivatives arrogation noun Origin C16: from L. arrogat , arrogare claim for oneself , from ad to + rogare ask … English new terms dictionary
arrogate — verb To appropriate or lay claim to something for oneself without right. Syn: commandeer, expropriate, usurp Ant: abandon, abdica … Wiktionary
arrogate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. usurp, claim, seize; assume, appropriate, take. See acquisition. II (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To lay claim to for oneself or as one s right: appropriate, assume, commandeer, preempt, seize, take,… … English dictionary for students
