| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | ar·ro·gate |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   r  -g t |
| TRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: ar·ro·gat·ed, ar·ro·gat·ing, ar·ro·gates
1. To take or claim for oneself without right; appropriate: Presidents who have arrogated the power of Congress to declare war. See synonyms at appropriate. 2. To ascribe on behalf of another in an unwarranted manner. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin arrogre, arrogt- : ad-, ad- + rogre, to ask; see reg- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | arro·gation —NOUN
arro·gative —ADJECTIVE
arro·gator —NOUN
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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