| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | sub·ro·gate |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  s b r -g t |
| TRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: sub·ro·gat·ed, sub·ro·gat·ing, sub·ro·gates
To substitute (one person) for another. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English *subrogaten, from Latin subrogre, subrogt- : sub-, instead of; see sub– + rogre, to ask; see reg- in Appendix I.
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