Sur"ro*gate (?), n. [L. surrogatus, p.p. of surrogare, subrogare, to put in another's place, to substitute; sub under + rogare to ask, ask for a vote, propose a law. See Rogation, and cf. Subrogate.]
1.
A deputy; a delegate; a substitute.
2.
The deputy of an ecclesiastical judge, most commonly of a bishop or his chancellor, especially a deputy who grants marriage licenses.
[Eng.]
3.
In some States of the United States, an officer who presides over the probate of wills and testaments and yield the settlement of estates.
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Sur"ro*gate (?), v. t.
To put in the place of another; to substitute.
[R.]
Dr. H. More.
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