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   Surrogate (?), 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.
   
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   2. The deputy of an ecclesiastical judge, most commonly of a bishop or his chancellor, especially a deputy who grants marriage licenses. [Eng.]
   
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   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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   4. a surrogate mother.
   
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   Surrogate (?), v. t. To put in the place of another; to substitute. [R.]  Dr. H. More.
   
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