— surrogateship , n. — surrogation , n.
n. , adj. /serr"euh gayt', -git, sur"-/ ; v. /serr"euh gayt', sur"-/ , n., adj., v., surrogated, surrogating .
n.
1. a person appointed to act for another; deputy.
2. (in some states) a judicial officer having jurisdiction over the probate of wills, the administration of estates, etc.
3. the deputy of an ecclesiastical judge, esp. of a bishop or a bishop's chancellor.
4. a substitute.
5. a surrogate mother.
adj.
6. regarded or acting as a surrogate: a surrogate father.
7. involving or indicating the use of a surrogate mother to conceive or carry an embryo: surrogate parenting.
v.t.
8. to put into the place of another as a successor, substitute, or deputy; substitute for another.
9. to subrogate.
[ 1525-35; surrogatus, assimilated var. of SUBROGATUS; see SUBROGATE ]