Definitions for subrogate

subrogate sub·ro·gate

Spelling: [suhb-ruh-geyt]
IPA: /ˈsʌb rəˌgeɪt/

Subrogate is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 800 anagrams from letters in subrogate (abegorstu).

Definitions for subrogate

verb (used with object)

  1. to put into the place of another; substitute for another.
  2. Civil Law. to substitute (one person) for another with reference to a claim or right.

Origin of subrogate

1400-50; 1540-50 for def 1; late Middle English (past participle) Latin subrogātus (past participle of subrogāre to nominate (someone) as a substitute), equivalent to sub-