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ARROGATE

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession

Example:

She seized control of the throne after her husband died

Synonyms:

arrogate; assume; seize; take over; usurp

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "arrogate" is one way to...):

take (take by force)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "arrogate"):

annex (take (territory) as if by conquest)

appropriate; capture; conquer; seize (take possession of by force, as after an invasion)

preoccupy (occupy or take possession of beforehand or before another or appropriate for use in advance)

hijack (seize control of)

raid (take over (a company) by buying a controlling interest of its stock)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

arrogation (seizure by the government)

arrogator (a person who through conceit makes pretentious claims to rights or advantages that he or she is not entitled to or to qualities that he or she does not possess)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Demand as being one's due or property; assert one's right or title to

Example:

Mr. Smith claims special tax exemptions because he is a foreign resident

Synonyms:

arrogate; claim; lay claim

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "arrogate" is one way to...):

ask for; bespeak; call for; quest; request (express the need or desire for)

Verb group:

claim; take (lay claim to; as of an idea)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "arrogate"):

pretend (put forward a claim and assert right or possession of)

requisition (demand and take for use or service, especially by military or public authority for public service)

arrogate; assign (make undue claims to having)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

arrogator (a person who through conceit makes pretentious claims to rights or advantages that he or she is not entitled to or to qualities that he or she does not possess)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Make undue claims to having

Synonyms:

arrogate; assign

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "arrogate" is one way to...):

arrogate; claim; lay claim (demand as being one's due or property; assert one's right or title to)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something to somebody

Derivation:

arrogator (a person who through conceit makes pretentious claims to rights or advantages that he or she is not entitled to or to qualities that he or she does not possess)

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