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sub·ro·gate (sŭb́rō-gāt́)

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

transitive verb: -gat·ed, -gat·ing, -gates. 

To substitute (one person) for another.