HyperDic: subrogate

English > 1 sense of the word subrogate:
VERBpossessionsubrogatesubstitute one creditor for another, as in the case where an insurance company sues the person who caused an accident for the insured
English > subrogate: 1 sense > verb 1, possession
MeaningSubstitute one creditor for another, as in the case where an insurance company sues the person who caused an accident for the insured.
PatternSomebody ----s somebody
Broadersubstitute, replace, interchange, exchangeput in the place of another
Nounssubrogation(law) the act of substituting of one creditor for another

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