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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Arrogate \Ar"ro*gate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Arrogated}; p. pr &
vb n. {Arrogating}.] [L. arrogatus p. p. of adrogare
arrogare to ask appropriate to one's self ad + rogare to
ask See {Rogation}.]
To assume, or claim as one's own unduly, proudly, or
presumptuously; to make undue claims to from vanity or
baseless pretensions to right or merit; as the pope
arrogated dominion over kings.
He arrogated to himself the right of deciding
dogmatically what was orthodox doctrine. --Macaulay.
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