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arrogate

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  1. appropriate           
 
ar.ro.gate \'ar-*-.ga-t\ \.ar-*-'ga--sh*n\ vt [L arrogatus, pp. of 
   arrogare, fr. ad- + rogare to ask]- more at RIGHT 1a: to claim or seize 
   without justification as one's right  1b: to make undue claims to having : 
   ASSUME  2: to claim on behalf of another : ASCRIBE  - ar.ro.ga.tion n