Obs. [ad. L. subrogātus (var. surrogātus SURROGATE), pa. pple. of subrogāre (see next).] Put in the place of another.
1432–50. trans. Higden (Rolls), III. 257. The x. men create were ammovede, and tribunes … were subrogate. Ibid., Harl. Contin., VIII. 440. Other laymen were subrogate in the places of theyme.
1526. in Househ. Ord. (1790), 146. Able, meete, honest, and sufficient persons, to be subrogate and put in their roomes and places.
