'Subrogate' definitions:
Definition of 'subrogate'
From: WordNet
verb
Substitute one creditor for another, as in the case where an insurance company sues the person who caused an accident for the insured
Definition of 'Subrogate'
From: GCIDE
- 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]