arrogate

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Verb 1.2.1 Synonyms 1.2.2 Antonyms 1.2.3 Related terms 1.2.4 Translations 1.3 External links 2 Italian 2.1 Verb

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[edit] Etymology

From Latin arrogatus, pp. of arrogare, adrogare (“‘to ask of, adopt, appropriate, asssume’”) < ad (“‘to’”) + rogare (“‘to ask’”).

[edit] Verb

to arrogate (third-person singular simple present arrogates, present participle arrogating, simple past and past participle arrogated)

1. (transitive) To appropriate or lay claim to something for oneself without right.
   • 1874, Patrick James Stirling, Maudit Argent!, Putnam, translation of original by Frédéric Bastiat, page 169:

     Unfortunately, certain capitalists have arrogated to themselves monopolies and privileges which are quite sufficient to account for this [commotion of the populace against capitalists].

[edit] Synonyms

• (to appropriate for oneself without right) commandeer, expropriate, usurp

[edit] Antonyms

• abandon
• abdicate
• relinquish
• renounce

[edit] Related terms

• arrogance
• arrogant
• arrogation

[edit] Translations

[edit] External links

• arrogate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• arrogate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• arrogate at OneLook® Dictionary Search

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Verb

arrogate

1. Second-person plural present tense of arrogare.
2. Second-person plural imperative of arrogare.
3. Feminine plural of arrogato.