arrogate

See also: arrógate

English

Etymology

From Latin arrogātus, perfect passive participle of adrogō, arrogō (“ask of, adopt, appropriate, assume”), from ad (“to”) + rogō (“ask”).

Verb

1. (transitive) To appropriate or lay claim to something for oneself without right. [from 1530s]

   Synonyms: commandeer, expropriate, usurp

   Antonyms: abandon, abdicate, relinquish, renounce

   • 1830, William Pashley, The Voice of Reason in Defence of the Christian Faith:

     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.

   • 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].

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     “[…] it is not fair of you to bring against mankind double weapons ! 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.”

   • 2019 March 14, Aditya Chakrabortty, “The problem is not so much Theresa May – it’s that Britain is now ungovernable”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     Britain has spent 40-plus years arrogating more and more power to its centre – and now its centre has no idea of how to wield that power. That I think is the fundamental political and economic crisis we face today.

Related terms

• arrogance
• arrogant
• arrogation

Translations

to appropriate or lay claim to something without right

• French: s'arroger
• Ido: arogar (io)
• Interlingue:
• Japanese: 横取りする (yokodori suru)
• Norwegian: tilta seg, rive til seg, rane til seg, tilrane seg, tilrive seg, tiltvinge seg
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• Portuguese: arrogar (pt)
• Russian: самонаде́янно претендова́ть impf (samonadéjanno pretendovátʹ)
• Spanish: arrogarse (es)
• Swedish: tillvälla sig, tillskansa sig

Further reading

• “arrogate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “arrogate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “arrogate”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

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Italian

Verb

arrogate

1. second-person plural present indicative of arrogare
2. second-person plural imperative of arrogare
3. feminine plural of arrogato

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) arrogāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of arrogō