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Webster 1913 Edition

Surrogate

Sur′ro-gate

,
Noun.
[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.

Sur′ro-gate

,
Verb.
T.
To put in the place of another; to substitute.
[R.]
Dr. H. More.

Webster 1828 Edition

Surrogate

SUR'ROGATE

,
Noun.
[L. surrogatus, surrogo, subrogo; sub and rogo, to propose. Rogo, to ask or propose, signifies primarily to reach, put or thrust forward; and subrogo is to put or set in the place of another.] In a general sense, a deputy; a delegate; a substitute; particularly, the deputy of an ecclesiastical judge, most commonly of a bishop or his chancellor. In some of the United States,the judge of probate, of wills and testaments.

SUR'ROGATE

,
Verb.
T.
To put in the place of another. [Little used.]

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