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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Arrogating (0.00865 detik)
Found 3 items, similar to Arrogating.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: arrogate
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: arrogate
arrogate
v 1: demand as being one's due or property; assert one's right or
title to;
“He claimed his suitcases at the airline
counter”;
“Mr. Smith claims special tax exemptions
because he is a foreign resident” [syn:
claim,
lay claim
] [ant:
forfeit]
2: make undue claims to having [syn:
assign]
3: seize and take control without authority and possibly with
force; take as one's right or possession;
“He assumed to
himself the right to fill all positions in the town”;
“he
usurped my rights”;
“She seized control of the throne
after her husband died” [syn:
assume,
usurp,
seize,
take over]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Arrogating
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.
[1913 Webster]
He arrogated to himself the right of deciding
dogmatically what was orthodox doctrine. --Macaulay.
[1913 Webster]
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