arrogate
/ˈæɹəɡeɪt/
arrogate verb: to appropriate or lay claim to something for oneself without right.
Verb
arrogate (third-person singular simple present arrogates, present participle arrogating, simple past and past participle arrogated)
- To appropriate or lay claim to something for oneself without right.
- Ye who arrogate to yourselves that ye see more, or at least are not so blind as others; in your unbelieving conduct, allow me to say, ye are blinder than others; ye are even blinder than the most ignorant and illiterate.1830, William Pashley, The Voice of Reason in Defence of the Christian Faith
- Unfortunately, certain capitalists have arrogated to themselves monopolies and privileges which are quite sufficient to account for this [commotion of the populace against capitalists].1874, Patrick James Stirling, What is Money?, Putnam, translation of original by Frédéric Bastiat, page 169
- Synonyms:
- commandeer, expropriate, usurp
- Antonyms:
- abandon, abdicate, relinquish, renounce
arrogate meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
arrogate in Tamil
- பொருந்தாத உரிமை பேசு, உரிமை கற்பி
arrogate in Urdu
- بےجا دعویٰ کرنا, چیز مار لینا, تکبر کرنا, زبردستی ہتھیا لینا
arrogate in Bengali
- অন্যায়ভাবে দাবি করা, আত্মসাৎ করা
arrogate in Malayalam
- a take, ssume, claim
- അനീതിയായി സ്വാധീനപ്പെടുത്തുക, കൈയ്ക്കലാക്കുക, അപഹരിച്ചെടുക്കുക, ഏറ്റെടുക്കുക, കയ്യടക്കുക, കൈവശപ്പെടുത്തുക
Examples of arrogate in a sentence
- Dangerous enough you are as woman alone, without bringing to your aid those gifts of mind suited to problems which men have been accustomed to arrogate to themselves.”1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
- What is remarkable about the challenged statute and rules is not that they address medical treatments with both risks and benefits but that they arrogate to the state the right to make that decision.May 30, 2023, Judge Robert L. Hinkle, Doe v. ladapo, Case No. 4:23cv114-RH-MAF, Federal District Court, Northern District of Florida
Synonyms of arrogate
Antonyms
Forms of arrogate
| third-person singular present | arrogates |
|---|---|
| present participle | arrogating |
| past participle | arrogated |
| past | arrogated |
Origin of arrogate
From Latin arrogātus, perfect passive participle of adrogō, arrogō (“ask of, adopt, appropriate, assume”), from ad (“to”) + rogō (“ask”).
Words formed from arrogate
Questions about arrogate
- What does arrogate mean?
- Arrogate means to appropriate or lay claim to something for oneself without right.
- What is arrogate in Tamil?
- Arrogate in Tamil is பொருந்தாத உரிமை பேசு, உரிமை கற்பி. See Arrogate meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use arrogate in a sentence?
- Dangerous enough you are as woman alone, without bringing to your aid those gifts of mind suited to problems which men have been accustomed to arrogate to themselves.”
- What part of speech is arrogate?
- Arrogate is a verb.
- How do you pronounce arrogate?
- Arrogate is pronounced /ˈæɹəɡeɪt/.
- What is the past tense of arrogate?
- The past tense of arrogate is arrogated.
Words near arrogate in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: arrogate (page history and authors); arrogate (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); arrogate (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); arrogate (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); arrogate (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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