About The Word Supplant
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Supplant
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What's The Definition Of Supplant?
[v] 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"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Supplant: replace | supersede | supervene upon Related Terms | Find terms related to Supplant: See Also | come after | deputise | deputize | follow | oust | stand in | step in | substitute | succeed | usurp Supplant In Webster's Dictionary \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.
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