;Posted on 03/11/2013 5:24:40 AM PDT by xsmommy
Word For The Day, Monday, 3/11/13
;In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of "Word for the Day".
arrogate; verb
verb (used with object), ar·ro·gat·ed, ar·ro·gat·ing. 1. to claim unwarrantably or presumptuously; assume or appropriate to oneself without right: to arrogate the right to make decisions. 2. to attribute or assign to another; ascribe.
Etymology: 1530s, from L. arrogatus, pp. of arrogare "to claim for oneself" (see arrogance).
Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the Word for the Day in a sentence.
The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day.
The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-)
Practice makes perfect.....post on....
Here is my example with WFTD.
Amusing how the MSM is attempting to arrogate the title of "head of the GOP" to various people, without having the slightest idea of who actual republicans might view as their head.
Review Threads:
Review Thread One: Word For The Day, Thursday 11/14/02: Raffish (Be SURE to check out posts #92 and #111 on this thread!)
Review Thread Two: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/14/03: Roister
Review Thread Three: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/28/03: Obdurate
No pushing at the door please!
a breath of spring is in the air here.
Where?
where i am.
Ah, one of my favorite words to describe the way liberal politicians operate.
Then i will be expecting some stellar homework from you, MrB! ; )
“We’ve had so much snow and rain lately, I know I won’t have to arrogate my garden for quite some time, I’ll just assume it will grow because I’m such a great gardner.”
how arrogantly you arrogate your obligation to irrigate! A+++
where I am is gloomy
This was the kind of weekend where owning a car wash was a great idea. We were high 50s Saturday and 70 yesterday.
It is so arrogant to arrogate.
The Burgh’s got to wash away all the salt from their vehicles! had the windows open in the house yesterday.
A++, leftists do it all the time.
Obama and his sub rosa partner Boehner
reliably exhibit arrogate, selfish behavior.
We get the words from “Aragon”, an aristocratic family from Renaissance Spain whose family pride was so obnoxious that we now have several new words in our vocabulary based on their behavior.
Imagine being immortalized in that manner! LOL!
Arrogate — the sensational cheating scandal in the archery events at the 2012 Olympic Games in London.
I just noticed the Latin origins as well. Yet, I was always taught that the word “Arrogant” can from the Spanish Family.
W.S. Gilbert must have also thought the same, as in the Opera “Patience” the Soldier sings of:
“The Family Pride of a Spaniard from Aragon”.
Very Interesting.....
you will have to resubmit the homework, ARROGATE is a verb, ARROGANT may have been what you were looking for there?
Barack, and his mainstream surrogate
Have conspired, so that he can arrogate
All three branches of gov
And the morons just love
That the “journalists” never interrogate
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