14 June 2018
arrogate
[ar-uh-geyt]
verb (used with object), 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 assign to another; ascribe.
Origin of arrogate
Latin
1530-1540; < Latin arrogātus appropriated, assumed, questioned (past participle of arrogāre), equivalent to arrog- (ar- ar- + rog(āre) to ask, propose) + -ātus -ate1
Related forms
arrogatingly, adverb
arrogation, noun
arrogator, noun
unarrogated, adjective
unarrogating, adjective
Can be confused
abdicate, abrogate, arrogate, derogate.
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Examples from the Web for arrogate
Historical Examples
He ridicules the arrogation to itself by the ‘Compact’ of a monopoly of loyalty.
The Tribune of Nova Scotia
W. L. (William Lawson) Grant
This arrogation of dignity was much resented by his friends.
The Hypocrite
Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger Gull
The arrogation of sole possession could but lead to the disintegration of the troop.
Social Origins and Primal Law
Andrew Lang
Today’s quote
Remember that the revolution is what is important, and each one of us, alone, is worth nothing.
– Che Guevara
On this day
14 June 1158 – Munich founded by Henry the Lion on the banks of the River Isar.
14 June 1789 – The Reverend Elijah Craig becomes the first person to distill whisky from maize. The new whisky is named bourbon, because that is the county in Kentucky that Reverend Craig lived in.
14 June 1928 – birth of Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara, Argentinian Marxist revolutionary, physician, author. Executed 9 October 1967 on the order of Bolivian President Rene Barrientos.
14 June 1936 – death of Gilbert Keith Chesterton (otherwise known as G.K. Chesterton – born 29 May 1874), English writer, lay theologian, poet, philosopher, dramatist, journalist, orator, literary and art critic, biographer and owner of one of the world’s worst pompadours:
G.K. Chesterton
14 June 1937 – The USA passes the Marihuana Tax Act, which taxed the sale of cannabis.
14 June 1982 – Argentina surrenders to Great Britain after the six week Falkland’s War.
14 June 2007 – Former Ku Klux Klan member, 71 year old James Seale is found guilty of a number of charges related to the 1964 murder of two civil rights activists in Mississippi. He was sentenced to three life terms of imprisonment. His conviction was overturned the following year, before being reinstated. He died in prison in 2011.