Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to arrogate
Participle: arrogated
Gerund: arrogating
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | arrogate |
| you | arrogate |
| he;she;it | arrogates |
| we | arrogate |
| you | arrogate |
| they | arrogate |
Perfect
| I | have arrogated |
| you | have arrogated |
| he;she;it | has arrogated |
| we | have arrogated |
| you | have arrogated |
| they | have arrogated |
Past
| I | arrogated |
| you | arrogated |
| he;she;it | arrogated |
| we | arrogated |
| you | arrogated |
| they | arrogated |
Pluperfect
| I | had arrogated |
| you | had arrogated |
| he;she;it | had arrogated |
| we | had arrogated |
| you | had arrogated |
| they | had arrogated |
Future
| I | will arrogate |
| you | will arrogate |
| he;she;it | will arrogate |
| we | will arrogate |
| you | will arrogate |
| they | will arrogate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have arrogated |
| you | will have arrogated |
| he;she;it | will have arrogated |
| we | will have arrogated |
| you | will have arrogated |
| they | will have arrogated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | arrogate |
| you | arrogate |
| he;she;it | arrogate |
| we | arrogate |
| you | arrogate |
| they | arrogate |
Perfect
| I | have arrogated |
| you | have arrogated |
| he;she;it | have arrogated |
| we | have arrogated |
| you | have arrogated |
| they | have arrogated |
Imperfect
| I | arrogated |
| you | arrogated |
| he;she;it | arrogated |
| we | arrogated |
| you | arrogated |
| they | arrogated |
Pluperfect
| I | had arrogated |
| you | had arrogated |
| he;she;it | had arrogated |
| we | had arrogated |
| you | had arrogated |
| they | had arrogated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would arrogate |
| you | would arrogate |
| he;she;it | would arrogate |
| we | would arrogate |
| you | would arrogate |
| they | would arrogate |
Perfect
| I | would have arrogated |
| you | would have arrogated |
| he;she;it | would have arrogated |
| we | would have arrogated |
| you | would have arrogated |
| they | would have arrogated |
Imperative
| you | arrogate |
| we | Let's arrogate |
| you | arrogate |
Verbs conjugated like 'arrogate'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'arrogate'
abrogate,
adrogate,
aerobate,
astrogate,
derogate,
erogate,
irrigate,
irrorate,
irrugate,
obrogate,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1537, from L. arrogat-, pp. stem of arrogare "to claim for oneself" (see arrogance).
2. From Latin arrogātus, perfect passive participle of adrogō, arrogō (“ask of, adopt, appropriate, assume”), from ad (“to”) + rogō (“ask”).
Verbs referencing "arrogate"
Ido arogar.
Sample Sentences
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Ye who arrogate to yourselves that ye see more, or at least are not so blind as others; in your unbelieving conduct, allow me to say, ye are blinder than others; ye are even blinder than the most ignorant and illiterate. [1830, William Pashley, The Voice of Reason in Defence of the Christian Faith:]
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Unfortunately, certain capitalists have arrogated to themselves monopolies and privileges which are quite sufficient to account for this [commotion of the populace against capitalists]. [1874, Patrick James Stirling, What is Money?, Putnam, translation of original by Frédéric Bastiat, page 169:]
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“[…] it is not fair of you to bring against mankind double weapons ! Dangerous enough you are as woman alone, without bringing to your aid those gifts of mind suited to problems which men have been accustomed to arrogate to themselves.” [1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:]
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Britain has spent 40-plus years arrogating more and more power to its centre – and now its centre has no idea of how to wield that power. That I think is the fundamental political and economic crisis we face today. [2019 March 14, Aditya Chakrabortty, “The problem is not so much Theresa May – it’s that Britain is now ungovernable”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 30 Apr 2019:]
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What is remarkable about the challenged statute and rules is not that they address medical treatments with both risks and benefits but that they arrogate to the state the right to make that decision. [May 30, 2023, Judge Robert L. Hinkle, Doe v. ladapo, Case No. 4:23cv114-RH-MAF, Federal District Court, Northern District of Florida]
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Ruling in the immunity case, Chief Justice John Roberts seemed to serenely arrogate to the Court an immense power to determine whether the president might ever face criminal consequence without worrying whether the emboldening of a rampaging executive might at some point place the authority of the judiciary in danger. [2025 April 9, Quinta Jurecic, “What, Exactly, Is the Supreme Court Thinking?”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 19 Dec 2025:]