subrogate

2 definitions found

subrogate - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Subrogate \Sub"ro*gate\, v. t. [L. subrogatus, p. p. of
     subrogare. See Surrogate.]
     To put in the place of another; to substitute. --Barrow.
     [1913 Webster]

subrogate - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  subrogate
      v 1: substitute one creditor for another, as in the case where
           an insurance company sues the person who caused an accident
           for the insured