Arrogate Definition

ărə-gāt

arrogated, arrogates, arrogating

verb

arrogated, arrogates, arrogating

To take or claim for oneself without right; appropriate.

American Heritage

To claim or seize without right; appropriate (to oneself) arrogantly.

Webster's New World

To ascribe on behalf of another in an unwarranted manner.

American Heritage

To ascribe or attribute without reason.

Webster's New World

To appropriate or lay claim to something for oneself without right.

Wiktionary

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Origin of Arrogate

From Latin arrogātus, perfect passive participle of adrogō, arrogō (“ask of, adopt, appropriate, assume”), from ad (“to”) + rogō (“ask”).

From Wiktionary
Latin arrogāre arrogāt- ad- ad- rogāre to ask reg- in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition