different between intestate vs surrogate

English

Etymology

From Latin intest?tus, from in- (“not”) + test?tus (“testate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?t?ste?t/

Adjective

intestate (not comparable)

1. Without a valid will indicating whom to leave one's estate to after death.
2. Not devised or bequeathed; not disposed of by will.

Antonyms

• testate

Related terms

• intestacy

Translations

Noun

intestate (plural intestates)

1. (law) A person who dies without making a valid will.

Translations

References

• intestate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• intestate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• enstatite, satinette

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.t?s.tat/

Adjective

intestate

1. feminine singular of intestat

Noun

intestate f (plural intestates)

1. female equivalent of intestat

Italian

Verb

intestate

1. second-person plural present indicative of intestare
2. second-person plural imperative of intestare
3. feminine plural of intestato

Anagrams

• astenetti
• attenesti
• stentiate

Latin

Adjective

intest?te

1. vocative masculine singular of intest?tus

English

Etymology

From Latin surrog?tus, perfect passive participle of surrog?re (“ask”); a variant of subrog?re, from sub (“under”) + rog?re (“ask”).

Pronunciation

Adjective and noun:

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?s?????t/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?s????t/

Verb:

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?s????e?t/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?s???e?t/

Noun

surrogate (plural surrogates)

1. A substitute (usually of a person, position or role).

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:substitute

2. A person or animal that acts as a substitute for the social or pastoral role of another, such as a surrogate parent.
3. (chiefly Britain) A deputy for a bishop in granting licences for marriage.
4. (US, politics) A politician or person of influence campaigning for a presidential candidate.
5. (US law) A judicial officer of limited jurisdiction, who administers matters of probate and interstate succession and, in some cases, adoptions.
6. (computing) Any of a range of Unicode codepoints which are used in pairs in UTF-16 to represent characters beyond the Basic Multilingual Plane.
7. (economics) An ersatz good.
8. (databases) Ellipsis of surrogate key.

Hyponyms

(Unicode codepoint):

• high surrogate
• low surrogate

Derived terms

Translations

Descendants

• ? Dutch: surrogaat

Adjective

surrogate (comparative more surrogate, superlative most surrogate)

1. Of, concerning, relating to or acting as a substitute.

Translations

Verb

surrogate (third-person singular simple present surrogates, present participle surrogating, simple past and past participle surrogated)

1. (transitive) To replace or substitute something with something else; to appoint a successor.

   Synonyms: deputize, foster, replace, subrogate, substitute

Related terms

Translations

See also

• surrogatum

Anagrams

• outragers

Italian

Adjective

surrogate f

1. feminine plural of surrogato

Latin

Verb

surrog?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of surrog?