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arrogate
Overview of verb arrogate
The verb arrogate has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) claim, lay claim, arrogate -- (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. arrogate, assign -- (make undue claims to having)
3. assume, usurp, seize, take over, arrogate -- (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")
Antonyms of verb arrogate
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb arrogate
3 senses of arrogate
Sense 1
claim, lay claim, arrogate
=> request, bespeak, call for, quest
=> communicate, pass on, pass, pass along, put across
=> convey, transmit, communicate
=> transfer
=> move, displace
Sense 2
arrogate, assign
=> claim, lay claim, arrogate
=> request, bespeak, call for, quest
=> communicate, pass on, pass, pass along, put across
=> convey, transmit, communicate
=> transfer
=> move, displace
Sense 3
assume, usurp, seize, take over, arrogate
=> take
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb arrogate
2 of 3 senses of arrogate
Sense 1
claim, lay claim, arrogate
=> pretend
=> requisition
=> arrogate, assign
Sense 3
assume, usurp, seize, take over, arrogate
=> annex
=> appropriate, capture, seize, conquer
=> preoccupy
=> hijack
=> raid
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb arrogate
3 senses of arrogate
Sense 1
claim, lay claim, arrogate
=> request, bespeak, call for, quest
Sense 2
arrogate, assign
=> claim, lay claim, arrogate
Sense 3
assume, usurp, seize, take over, arrogate
=> take
'Cause To' of verb arrogate
Derived Forms of verb arrogate
3 senses of arrogate
Sense 1
claim, lay claim, arrogate
RELATED TO>(noun) arrogator#1
=> arrogator
Sense 2
arrogate, assign
RELATED TO>(noun) arrogator#1
=> arrogator
Sense 3
assume, usurp, seize, take over, arrogate
RELATED TO>(noun) arrogation#1
=> confiscation, arrogation
RELATED TO>(noun) arrogator#1
=> arrogator
Domain of verb arrogate
Domain Terms of verb arrogate
Familiarity of verb arrogate
arrogate used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Sample Sentences of verb arrogate
3 senses of arrogate
Sense 1
claim, lay claim, arrogate
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 2
arrogate, assign
*> Somebody ----s something to somebody
Sense 3
assume, usurp, seize, take over, arrogate
*> Somebody ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb arrogate
3 senses of arrogate
Sense 1
claim, lay claim, arrogate
> request, bespeak, call for, quest
=> order
=> ask
=> encore
=> petition
=> demand
=> appeal, invoke
=> supplicate
=> apply
=> solicit, beg, tap
=> reserve
=> challenge
=> excuse, beg off
=> demand
=> claim
=> invite, call for
=> invite, ask in
=> desire
=> beg
=> claim, lay claim, arrogate
=> invite, ask over, ask round
=> call
=> ask out, invite out, take out
=> reserve, hold, book
Sense 2
arrogate, assign
> claim, lay claim, arrogate
=> pretend
=> requisition
=> arrogate, assign
Sense 3
assume, usurp, seize, take over, arrogate
> take
=> rescue
=> scale
=> extort
=> assume, usurp, seize, take over, arrogate
=> recapture, retake
=> relieve
=> steal
=> plunder, despoil, loot, reave, strip, rifle, ransack, pillage, foray
=> sack, plunder
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb arrogate
Sense 1
claim, lay claim, arrogate
=> request, bespeak, call for, quest
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Sense 2
arrogate, assign
=> claim, lay claim, arrogate
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Sense 3
assume, usurp, seize, take over, arrogate
=> take
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Grep of verb arrogate
arrogate
Grep of adj arrogate
arrogated
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