Subrogate Definition

sŭbrō-gāt
subrogated, subrogates, subrogating
verb
To engage in the subrogation (of a person or entity).
American Heritage
To substitute (one person) for another.
Webster's New World

Origin of Subrogate

  • Middle English subrogaten from Latin subrogāre subrogāt- sub- instead of sub– rogāre to ask reg- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From the Latin subrogare from sub, under + rogare, to ask. A variant of surrogate.

    From Wiktionary

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