The act or
habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner; that species of
pride which consists in exorbitant claims of rank, dignity, estimation, or power, or which exalts the
worth or
importance of the person to an undue degree; proud contempt of others; lordliness; haughtiness; self-assumption; presumption.
Closely related to the act of arrogating.