arrogate

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”).[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæɹəɡeɪt/

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Verb

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

1. (transitive, uncommon) 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, What is Money?], 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].

   • 1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, OCLC 639762314:

     “[…] 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:

     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

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

References

1. Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “arrogate”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Further reading

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

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Italian

Verb

arrogate

1. inflection of arrogare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Participle

arrogate f pl

1. feminine plural of arrogato

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Latin

Verb

arrogāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of arrogō