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arrogated |
2 definitions found 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: arrogated adj : taken as your right without justification; "was hearing evidence in an assumed capacity"; "Congress's arrogated powers over domains hitherto belonging to the states" [syn: {assumed}]
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