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ar·ro·gate    Audio Help   [ar-uh-geyt] Pronunciation Key
–verb (used with object), -gat·ed, -gat·ing.
1.to claim unwarrantably or presumptuously; assume or appropriate to oneself without right: to arrogate the right to make decisions.
2.to attribute or assign to another; ascribe.

[Origin: 1530–40; < L arrogātus appropriated, assumed, questioned (ptp. of arrogāre), equiv. to arrog- (ar- ar- + rog(āre) to ask, propose) + -ātus -ate1]

ar·ro·gat·ing·ly, adverb
ar·ro·ga·tion, noun
ar·ro·ga·tor, noun
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ar·ro·gate    Audio Help   (ār'ə-gāt')  Pronunciation Key 
tr.v.   ar·ro·gat·ed, ar·ro·gat·ing, ar·ro·gates
  1. To take or claim for oneself without right; appropriate: Presidents who have arrogated the power of Congress to declare war. See Synonyms at appropriate.
  2. To ascribe on behalf of another in an unwarranted manner.


[Latin arrogāre, arrogāt- : ad-, ad- + rogāre, to ask; see reg- in Indo-European roots.]

ar'ro·ga'tion n., ar'ro·ga'tive adj., ar'ro·ga'tor n.
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arrogate 
1537, from L. arrogat-, pp. stem of arrogare "to claim for oneself" (see arrogance).

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arrogate

verb
1. demand as being one's due or property; assert one's right or title to; "He claimed his suitcases at the airline counter"; "Mr. Smith claims special tax exemptions because he is a foreign resident" [syn: claim] [ant: forego
2. make undue claims to having 
3. seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession; "He assumed to himself the right to fill all positions in the town"; "he usurped my rights"; "She seized control of the throne after her husband died" [syn: assume

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Arrogate

Ad"ro*gate\, v. t. [See Arrogate.] (Rom. Law) To adopt (a person who is his own master).
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