单词 | arrogating |
释义 | arrogatingn. The action or an act of claiming for oneself a right, power, quality, etc., falsely or without justification; = arrogation n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > morality > dueness or propriety > moral impropriety > [noun] > wrongful claim, possession, or seizure > unwarranted claim usurpation1426 arrogating1573 misclaiming1583 arrogation1596 assumption1646 try-on1823 1573 J. Bridges Supremacie Christian Princes 872 This is a wrong conclusion,..from iudgement & pastorship to inferre disposing & arrogating. 1653 J. Gauden Hieraspistes 238 No more..doth the Evangelicall Ministry and Sacraments cease, by reason of any Papall arrogatings. a1699 J. Cooper Μισθοσκοπια (1700) v. 136 Paul disclaims the arrogating of any such thing to himself with the greatest abhorrency, and indignation. 1730 Addr. Univ. Oxf. 9 This mighty claim, for the arrogating of which these persons are punish'd. 1786 W. Matthews Life & Char. T. Letchworth 78 Without the arrogating of applause, or the assuming of importance. 1871 J. R. Macduff Memories of Patmos i. 10 No arrogating of title or assumption of Apostolic dignity. 1875 Contemp. Rev. Dec. 546 This fashionable reproach against religion is virtually an arrogating of a superhuman position. 1912 Times of India 12 July 5/5 The arrogating of the committee to itself of sole representation of European education in India. 1964 Amer. Anthropologist 66 1333 The arrogating of prerogatives and rewards to some of these groups. 2012 D. Grant Polit. Antislavery Disc. & Amer. Lit. of 1850s iv. 102 The principal mechanism of aristocratic control and intimidation—the arrogating of superiority. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021). arrogatingadj. 1. That claims a right, power, quality, etc., falsely or without justification; presumptuous, arrogant. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > arrogance > [adjective] wlonkOE moodyOE rankOE surquidous1377 insolentc1386 wantona1393 arrogantc1405 angardc1425 surquidrousc1430 stately1448 imperiala1456 superbious1509 succudrous1513 surquidant1528 ruffling1543 controlling1564 lustya1568 cocking1568 superbous1581 bog1592 swaggering1596 superarrogant1598 arrogating1601 pyrgopolinizing1605 high-handed1606 outbearing1607 high-horsed1613 dictatory1639 bardish1641 self-assuming1647 superbient1647 huffy1680 dictatorial1692 huffish1755 cobby1785 high-riding1831 braggadocious1853 snouty1858 you-be-damned1887 1601 B. Jonson Fountaine of Selfe-love iii. iii. sig. F2 The one, a light voluptuous Reueller, The other a strange arrogating Puffe. 1645 F. Rous Anc. Bounds i. vi. 29 An arrogating spirit in some, that would tie all men to their girdle. 1769 H. Brooke Fool of Quality IV. 110 Abettors of the late king James, and friends to the arrogating family of the Stuarts. 1788 Trifler No. 15. 187 Libertinism, misanthropy, pride and an arrogating self-conceit. 1823 W. Scott Quentin Durward II. ix. 201 The arrogating manner in which the Bohemian had promised to back his suit. 1863 Proc. Mass. Hist. Soc. 7 400 They saw that it [sc. slavery] tended to foster an arrogating political class. 1979 Jrnl. Southern Hist. 45 267 To preserve that law against an arrogating Parliament. ΚΠ 1769 S. Hallifax Heads Course Lect. Rom. Civil Law ii. xii. 75 Justinian diminished the power of the Arrogating Father. 1881 M. A. Dropsie tr. F. Mackeldey Handbk. Rom. Law 538 The arrogating father..can substitute pupillarily only for the property emanating from himself. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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