 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
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}, {lay
claim}] [ant: {forfeit}]
2: make undue claims to having [syn: {assign}]
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}, {usurp}, {seize},
{take over}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Arrogate \Ar"ro*gate\, verb (used with an object) [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 Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
50 Moby Thesaurus words for "arrogate":
accroach, adopt, annex, appropriate, assume, assume command,
colonize, commandeer, confiscate, conquer, encroach, enslave,
expropriate, grab, hog, indent, infringe, invade, jump a claim,
make free with, make use of, monopolize, mount the throne, occupy,
overrun, play God, preempt, preoccupy, prepossess, pretend to,
requisition, seize, seize power, seize the throne, sequester,
sit on, squat on, subjugate, take, take all of, take charge,
take command, take it all, take over, take possession of,
take the helm, take the lead, take up, trespass, usurp
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