arrogate
11arrogate — arrogatingly, adv. arrogation, n. arrogator, n. /ar euh gayt /, v.t., arrogated, arrogating. 1. to claim unwarrantably or presumptuously; assume or appropriate to oneself without right: to arrogate the right to make decisions. 2. to attribute or… …
12arrogate — ar|ro|gate [ˈærəgeıt] v [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: , past participle of arrogare, from Latin ad to + rogare to ask ] arrogate (to yourself) sth formal to claim that you have a particular right, position etc, without having the legal right …
13arrogate — verb arrogate sth to yourself formal to claim that you have a particular right, position etc without having the legal right to it: Having seized power he arrogated to himself the right to change the law …
14arrogate to yourself something — arrogate to yourself sth derived (formal) to claim or take sth that you have no right to • I do not arrogate to myself the right to decide. Main entry: ↑arrogatederived …
15arrogate to oneself — index preempt Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
16arrogate — transitive verb ( gated; gating) Etymology: Latin arrogatus, past participle of arrogare, from ad + rogare to ask more at right Date: 1537 1. a. to claim or seize without justification b. to make undue claims to having …
17arrogate — verb To appropriate or lay claim to something for oneself without right. Syn: commandeer, expropriate, usurp Ant: abandon, abdica …
18arrogate — Synonyms and related words: accroach, adopt, annex, appropriate, assume, assume command, colonize, commandeer, confiscate, conquer, encroach, enslave, expropriate, grab, hog, indent, infringe, invade, jump a claim, make free with, make use of,… …
19arrogate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. usurp, claim, seize; assume, appropriate, take. See acquisition. II (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To lay claim to for oneself or as one s right: appropriate, assume, commandeer, preempt, seize, take,… …
20arrogate — ar|ro|gate [ ærəgeıt ] verb transitive FORMAL to take power that is not legally yours …