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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

AR'ROGATE, v.t. [L. arrogo, of ad and rogo.]
To assume, demand or challenge more than is proper; to make undue claims, from vanity or false pretensions to right or merit; as, the Pope arrogated dominion over kings.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
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, arrogate] [ant: forego, forfeit, forgo, give up, throw overboard, waive]
2: make undue claims to having [syn: arrogate, 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, arrogate]

Merriam Webster's

transitive verb (-gated; -gating) Etymology: Latin arrogatus, past participle of arrogare, from ad- + rogare to ask — more at right Date: 1537 1. a. to claim or seize without justification b. to make undue claims to having ; assume 2. to claim on behalf of another ; ascribe • arrogation noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. 1 (often foll. by to oneself) claim (power, responsibility, etc.) without justification. 2 (often foll. by to) attribute unjustly (to a person). Derivatives: arrogation n. Etymology: L arrogare arrogat- (as AD-, rogare ask)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(arrogates, arrogating, arrogated) If someone arrogates to themselves something such as a responsibility or privilege, they claim or take it even though they have no right to do so. (FORMAL) The assembly arrogated to itself the right to make changes... He arrogated the privilege to himself alone. VERB: V to pron-refl n, V n to pron-refl [disapproval]

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. Assume, usurp, claim unduly, make unjust pretensions to.

Moby Thesaurus

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