subrogate

Other forms: subrogated

Definitions of subrogate
  1. verb
    substitute 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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    type of:
    exchange, interchange, replace, substitute
    put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items
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