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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
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
presumptuously; to make undue claims to, from vanity or
baseless pretensions to right or merit; as, the pope
arrogated dominion over kings.
[1913 Webster]
He arrogated to himself the right of deciding
dogmatically what was orthodox doctrine. --Macaulay.
[1913 Webster]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
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
presumptuously; to make undue claims to, from vanity or
baseless pretensions to right or merit; as, the pope
arrogated dominion over kings.
He arrogated to himself the right of deciding
dogmatically what was orthodox doctrine. --Macaulay.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
arrogated
adj : taken as your right without justification; "was hearing
evidence in an assumed capacity"; "Congress's arrogated
powers over domains hitherto belonging to the states"
[syn: assumed]
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
arrogated
a.
claimed falsely
vb.
(infl of en arrogate ed-form)
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
arrogated
a.
claimed falsely
vb.
(infl of en arrogate ed-form)
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
arrogated
a.
claimed falsely
vb.
(infl of en arrogate ed-form)
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
arrogated
a.
claimed falsely
vb.
(infl of en arrogate ed-form)
From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
arrogated
Englanti vb.
(en-v-taivm a rrogate d)
From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]
Arrogated /ˈaɹəɡˌeɪtɪd/
ادّعى
From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
arrogated /ˈaɹəɡˌeɪtɪd/
přisuzoval si
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
arrogated /ˈaɹəɡˌeɪtɪd/
gefordert
"I/he/she arrogated" - ich/er/sie forderte
see: arrogate, arrogating
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