SUBROGATE

subrogate

(verb) substitute one creditor for another, as in the case where an insurance company sues the person who caused an accident for the insured

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

subrogate (third-person singular simple present subrogates, present participle subrogating, simple past and past participle subrogated)

(legal, transitive) To replace one person or thing with another.

Synonyms: substitute, surrogate

Source: Wiktionary


Sub"ro*gate, v. t. Etym: [L. subrogatus, p.p. of subrogare. See Surrogate.]

Definition: To put in the place of another; to substitute. Barrow.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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