arrogate : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: arrogate	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
arrogate v 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" Synonym(s): claim, lay claim, arrogate Antonym(s): forego, forfeit, forgo, give up, throw overboard, waive make undue claims to having Synonym(s): arrogate, assign 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" Synonym(s): assume, usurp, seize, take over, arrogate
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.