subrogate (redirected from subrogates)

sub·ro·gate  (sbr-gt)

tr.v. sub·ro·gat·ed, sub·ro·gat·ing, sub·ro·gates

To substitute (one person) for another.

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[Middle English *subrogaten, from Latin subrogre, subrogt- : sub-, instead of; see sub- + rogre, to ask; see reg- in Indo-European roots.]

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Verb

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subrogate - substitute one creditor for another, as in the case where an insurance company sues the person who caused an accident for the insured interchange, substitute, replace, exchange - put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items; "the con artist replaced the original with a fake Rembrandt"; "substitute regular milk with fat-free milk"; "synonyms can be interchanged without a changing the context's meaning"