subrogate

tr.v., -gat·ed, -gat·ing, -gates.

To substitute (one person) for another.

[Middle English *subrogaten, from Latin subrogāre, subrogāt- : sub-, instead of; see sub– + rogāre, to ask.]

to substitute for another with regard to a legal right or claim

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The verb has one meaning:

Meaning #1: substitue one creditor for another, as in the case where an insurance company sues the person who caused an accident for the insured

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - indtræde som kreditor i en andens sted

Nederlands (Dutch)
vervangen

Français (French)
v. tr. - subroger

Deutsch (German)
v. - ersetzen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - (νομ.) υποκαθιστώ

Italiano (Italian)
surrogare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - subrogar

Русский (Russian)
заменить одного кредитора другим

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - subrogar, substituir

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - Överföra skuld på annan fordringsägare

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
用...代替, 以...取代

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 用...代替, 以...取代

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 대리하다, 대위하다, 대위 변제하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 代位する, 肩代わりする, 代わりをする

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يحل محل غيره‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮תיחלף, שימש תיחלוף, החליף חייב באחר‬

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