Meaning of SUPPLANT
| Pronunciation: | | su'plant
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| | Definition: | | [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" |
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| | Synonyms: | | replace, supersede, supervene upon |
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| | See Also: | | come after, deputise, deputize, follow, oust, stand in, step in, substitute, succeed, usurp | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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