Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Subrogate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Subrogate \Sub"ro*gate\, v. t. [L. subrogatus, p. p. of
subrogare. See {Surrogate}.]
To put in the place of another; to substitute. --Barrow.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
subrogate
v : substitue one creditor for another, as in the case where an
insurance company sues the person who caused an accident
for the insured
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