ar-ro-gate
/arrəgayt/
• verb: take or claim for oneself without justification
ORIGIN: mid-16th cent.: from Latin arrogat- 'claimed for oneself,' from the verb arrogare
ab·ro·gate
/abrgāyt/
• verb: formal repeal or do away with (a law or agreement)
ORIGIN: early 16th cent.: from Latin abrogat- 'repealed,' from the verb abrogare, from ab- 'away, from' + rogare 'propose a law.'
USAGE: The verbs abrogate and arrogate are quite different in meaning. While abrogate means 'repeal (a law),' arrogate means 'take or claim (something) for oneself without justification,' often in the structure: arrogate something to oneself; as in The committee arrogated to itself whatever powers it chose.
ar-ro-gant
(ăərōgənt)
• adjective: having an exaggerated sense of one’s own importance or abilities.
ORIGIN: late middle English: via Old French from Latin arrogat- 'claiming for oneself,' from the verb arrogare (see abrogate)
*signing statements, USA firings, the surge, unamerican liberals, bush?
just asking...
*see post below for other examples and a good laugh...
from multiple dictionary sources: Cambridge Dictionaries Online, The American Heritage Dictionary, Oxford American Dictionary
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