To assert one's title to, lay claim to, demand as a right, claim for, arrogate (to obsolete) oneself. ar… with simple object. archaic.

transitive. To demand as one's own or one's due; to seek or ask for on the ground of right.

transitive. With infinitive as object: to claim the right (to do something). Also occasionally with clause as object. Obsolete.

transitive. To assert a claim to (something). Obsolete. rare.

A demand for something as due; an assertion of a right to something. (Const. as in 2.) to lay claim to: to assert one's right to, claim.

To lay claim to, claim. Obsolete.

To claim as properly belonging to oneself or another; to assert or establish possession of (something) for oneself or another.

transitive. To accept or receive (something offered); to claim (a benefit, grant, etc.). Cf. take-up, n. 5b.