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arrogate 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Verb
/ˈarəˌgāt/,
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arrogating, present participle; arrogated, past tense; arrogates, 3rd person singular present; arrogated, past participle;
  1. Take or claim (something) for oneself without justification
    • - they arrogate to themselves the ability to divine the nation's true interests
  1. claim: 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"
  2. make undue claims to having
  3. assume: 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"
  4. (arrogation) confiscation: seizure by the government
  5. This is a list of English words which are commonly misused. It is meant to include only words whose misuse is deprecated by most usage writers, editors, and other professional linguists of Standard English. ...
  6. To appropriate or lay claim to something for oneself without right
  7. (arrogation) The unjust assumption of rights or privilege
  8. (Arrogation) Claiming or seizing something without justification; claiming something on behalf of another. In CIVIL LAW, the ADOPTION of an adult who was legally capable of acting for himself or herself.
  9. (v.) to take without justification (The king arrogated the right to order executions to himself exclusively.)
  10. To assume presumptuously, to claim unduly, to appropriate to oneself certain prerogatives.
  11. v. - take or claim beyond one's rights. arrogation, n.
  12. (27) to claim or seize without right.