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Meaning of SUBROGATE

Pronunciation:  'subrow`geyt

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [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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 See Also: replace, substitute

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Sub"ro*gate\, v. t. [L. subrogatus, p. p. of
subrogare. See {Surrogate}.]
To put in the place of another; to substitute. --Barrow.
 

 

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