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Arrogate: Definition and part of speech

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Arrogate

  1. v. t. To assume, or claim as one’s own, unduly, proudly, or presumptuously; to make undue claims to, from vanity or baseless pretensions to right or merit; as, the pope arrogated dominion over kings.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Arrogation: Definition and part of speech

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Arrogation

  1. n. Adoption of a person of full age.
  2. n. The act of arrogating, or making exorbitant claims; the act of taking more than one is justly entitled to.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Arrival: Definition and part of speech

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Arrival

  1. n. An approach.
  2. n. The act of arriving, or coming; the act of reaching a place from a distance, whether by water (as in its original sense) or by land.
  3. n. The attainment or reaching of any object, by effort, or in natural course; as, our arrival at this conclusion was wholly unexpected.
  4. n. The person or thing arriving or which has arrived; as, news brought by the last arrival.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.