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Webster 1913 Edition

Arrogate

Ar′ro-gate

,
Verb.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Arrogate

AR'ROGATE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. arrogo, of ad and rogo.]
To assume, demand or challenge more than is proper; to make undue claims, from vanity or false pretensions to right or merit; as, the Pope arrogated dominion over kings.

Definition 2024

arrógate

arrógate

See also: arrogate

Spanish

Verb

arrógate

  1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of arrogarse.

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