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arrogate, v.|ˈærəʊgeɪt|
[f. L. arrogāt- ppl. stem of adr-, arrogā-re to ask or claim for oneself, to adopt one whose consent may legally be asked, f. ad- to + rogāre to ask. Modern writers on Roman Law have appropriated the form adrogate to the specific legal sense.]
1. Rom. Law. To adopt as a child. (See adrogate.)
1649Jer. Taylor Gt. Exemp. iii. §15. 89 He did arrogate John..into Maries kindred.
†b. transf. To adopt (that which is proper to another). Obs.
c1530Epit. Barnes Wks. 371 (R.) The Byshops..doe arrogate vnto themselues some thyng of the Phariseis pride.
2. To claim and assume as a right that to which one is not entitled; to lay claim to and appropriate (a privilege, advantage, etc.) without just reason or through self-conceit, insolence, or haughtiness.
a. with to and refl. pron.
1537Latimer Serm. (1844) 43 How much soever we arrogate these holy titles unto us. 1671Milton P.R. iv. 315 To themselves all glory arrogate, to God give none. 1777Watson Philip II (1793) II. xiii. ii. 154 The Spaniards..had arrogated to themselves every important branch of the administration. 1844Brougham Brit. Const. ix. §2 (1862) 120 They arrogated to themselves the right of approving or rejecting all that was done.
b. with simple obj. only.
1593Bilson Govt. Christ's Ch. 18 Yet may they not arrogate any parte of Christes honour. 1667Milton P.L. xii. 26 Will arrogate Dominion undeserv'd Over his brethren. 1702Rowe Tamerlane i. ii. 575 And arrogate a Praise that is not ours. 1858Doran Crt. Fools 92 The liberty arrogated by the professor of wit.
3. To lay claim, without reason or through self-conceit, to the possession of (some excellence); to assert without foundation that one has; to assume.
a. with to and refl. pron.
1563Homilies ii. xvi. ii. (1859) 461 Whether all men doe justly arrogate to themselves the Holy Ghost, or no? a1638Mede Wks. iv. xii. 757 Nor do I arrogate so much ability to myself. 1789Belsham Ess. II. xl. 501 They arrogate..all wisdom, knowledge, and even honesty, to themselves. 1872Black Adv. Phaeton xxix. 384 She arrogated to herself a certain importance.
b. with simple obj. only.
1598R. Barckley Felic. Man Ded., One that arrogateth superioritie over all. 1660Stanley Hist. Philos. (1701) 428/2 Thus Pythagoras might arrogate the soul of Euphorbus. 1768Phil. Trans. LVIII. 149, I can arrogate no merit in the discovery. 1848H. Rogers Ess. I. vi. 321 Arrogating the exclusive possession of wisdom.
†c. with inf. or absol. Obs.
1628Wither Brit. Rememb. v. 203 Doe falsly arrogate to be inspired. 1648C. Walker Relat. & Obs. i. 29 They arrogate to be the peculiar people of God. 1648Milton Tenure Kings 13 Surely no Christian Prince would arrogate so unreasonably above human condition.
4. To lay similar claim to (something) on behalf of another; to ascribe or attribute to, or demand for, without just reason.
1605Timme Quersit. i. vi. 24 We deny that those inset and naturall qualities..are to be arrogated to hotte, moist, and drie. 1810Coleridge Friend i. iv. (1867) 12 To antiquity we arrogate many things, to ourselves nothing. 1863Cox Inst. Eng. Govt. i. viii. 111 An attempt was made..to arrogate to the Crown the privilege of issuing writs. |