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Supplant definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SUPPLANT', v.t. [L. supplanto; sub and planta, the bottom of the foot.] To trip up the heels.
Supplanted down he fell.
1. To remove or displace by stratagem; or to displace and take the place of; as, a rival supplants another in the affections of his mistress, or in the favor of his prince.
Suspecting that the courtier had supplanted the friend.
2. To overthrow; to undermine.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: take the place or move into the position of; "Smith replaced Miller as CEO after Miller left"; "the computer has supplanted the slide rule"; "Mary replaced Susan as the team's captain and the highest-ranked player in the school" [syn: supplant, replace, supersede, supervene upon, supercede]

Merriam Webster's

transitive verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French supplanter, from Latin supplantare to trip up, cause to stumble, from sub- + planta sole of the foot — more at place Date: 14th century 1. to supersede (another) especially by force or treachery 2. a. (1) obsolete uproot (2) to eradicate and supply a substitute for <efforts to supplant the vernacular> b. to take the place of and serve as a substitute for especially by reason of superior excellence or power Synonyms: see replace • supplantation noun • supplanter noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. dispossess and take the place of, esp. by underhand means. Derivatives: supplanter n. Etymology: ME f. OF supplanter or L supplantare trip up (as SUB-, planta sole)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Supplant Sup*plant", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Supplanted; p. pr. & vb. n. Supplanting.] [F. supplanter, L. supplantare to trip up one's heels, to throw down; sub under + planta the sole of the foot, also, a sucker, slip, sprout. Cf. Plant, n.] 1. To trip up. [Obs.] ``Supplanted, down he fell.'' --Milton. 2. To remove or displace by stratagem; to displace and take the place of; to supersede; as, a rival supplants another in the favor of a mistress or a prince. Suspecting that the courtier had supplanted the friend. --Bp. Fell. 3. To overthrow, undermine, or force away, in order to get a substitute in place of. You never will supplant the received ideas of God. --Landor. Syn: To remove; displace; overpower; undermine; overthrow; supersede.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(supplants, supplanting, supplanted) If a person or thing is supplanted, another person or thing takes their place. (FORMAL) He may be supplanted by a younger man... By the 1930s the wristwatch had almost completely supplanted the pocket watch. = usurp VERB: be V-ed, V n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. 1. Undermine, overthrow, overpower, force away. 2. Displace (by stratagem), replace, remove, supersede.

Moby Thesaurus

act for, bounce, cast out, change places with, crowd out, cut out, dismiss, displace, double for, eject, exchange, expel, fill in for, force out, ghost, ghostwrite, oust, pinch-hit, relieve, remove, replace, represent, spell, spell off, stand in for, step, subrogate, substitute, substitute for, succeed, supersede, swap places with, turn out, understudy for, unseat, usurp