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”).

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:

     “[…] 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.”

   • May 30, 2023, Judge Robert L. Hinkle, Doe v. ladapo, Case No. 4:23cv114-RH-MAF, Federal District Court, Northern District of Florida:

     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.

   • 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.

Derived terms

• unarrogating

 

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 (ja) (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

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.

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

arrogate

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

Etymology 2

Participle

arrogate f pl

1. feminine plural of arrogato

Latin

Verb

arrogāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of arrogō

Spanish

Verb

arrogate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of arrogar combined with te