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| sur·ro·gate [ súr əgət ] |
adjective |
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substituting for somebody or something: taking the place of somebody or something else
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noun (plural sur·ro·gates) |
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1. somebody as substitute: somebody who acts as a replacement for somebody else
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2. woman who gives birth for another: a woman who bears a child for a couple, with the intention of handing it over at birth. She is usually either artificially inseminated with the man's sperm or implanted with a fertilized egg from the woman.
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3. law estate-settling judge: a judge in some states who probates wills and settles estates
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4. psychology substitute authority figure: a respected person who replaces a lost or nonexistent parent in somebody's unconscious, e.g. a teacher or older sibling
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transitive verb (past and past participle sur·ro·gat·ed, present participle sur·ro·gat·ing, 3rd person present singular sur·ro·gates) |
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appoint as stand-in: to put somebody in somebody else's place
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| [Mid-16th century. < Latin surrogatus, past participle of surrogare "ask for in place of" < rogare "ask, beg"] |
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