subrogate

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

subrogate
    v 1: substitute one creditor for another, as in the case where
         an insurance company sues the person who caused an accident
         for the insured

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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]

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