subrogate

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin subrogātus, perfect passive participle of subrogō, from sub (“under”) + rogō (“I ask, request”). A variant of surrogate.

Verb

1. (law, transitive) To replace one person or thing with another.

   Synonyms: substitute, surrogate

   • 2019, Ginsberg, Martin, Kelley, Ginsberg and Martin on Bankruptcy, Aspen Publishers Online (→ISBN), page 86:

     A co-debtor that pays off a principal creditor has a choice. It can subrogate to the principal creditor's claim or it can file its own claim in the bankruptcy. It cannot do both; its own claim will be disallowed if it seeks subrogation.

Derived terms

• subrogation

Translations

to replace one person with another

• Ido: subrogar (io)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: sub-rogar
• Spanish: subrogar (es)

Further reading

• “subrogate”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

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Ido

Verb

subrogate

1. adverbial present passive participle of subrogar

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) subrogāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of subrogō