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Ephelis (health)


A form of freckle. A flat red or light-brown spot on the skin that typically appears during the sunny months and fades in the winter. They are most often found in people with light complexions and in some Families, they are an hereditary (genetic) trait. The regular use of sunscreen during times of sun exposure helps to suppress the appearance of the ephelis-type freckle.





arrogate (iou)



arrogate verb trans. M16.
[Latin arrogat- pa. ppl stem of arrogare claim for oneself, from ad AR- + rogare ask: see -ATE3 and cf. ADROGATE.]
Appropriate, assume, or claim (to oneself) unduly or without justification. M16.
Milton Will arrogate Dominion undeserv'd Over his brethren. C. Stead He arrogated every honor to himself, he went out of his way to push into official circles. H. Macmillan The illegal but effective authority which the Assembly of the United Nations seemed now to have arrogated to itself.
Ascribe or attribute to (a person or thing) without just reason. E17.
Coleridge To antiquity we arrogate many things, to ourselves nothing.
Roman Law. = ADROGATE. Only in M17.
arro'gation noun (a) Roman Law = ADROGATION; (b) the action of claiming and assuming without just reason; an unwarrantable assumption: L16.