supplant
[ suh-plant, -plahnt ]
/ səˈplænt, -ˈplɑnt /
||
verb (used with object)
to take the place of (another), as through force, scheming, strategy, or the like.
to replace (one thing) by something else.
Nearby words
suppedaneum, supper, supper club, suppertime, suppiluliumas i, supplant, supplantation, supple, supplejack, supplely, supplement
Origin of supplant
Related formssup·plan·ta·tion [suhp-luhn-tey-shuhn] /ˌsʌp lənˈteɪ ʃən/, nounsup·plant·er, nounun·sup·plant·ed, adjective
Can be confusedsupplant supplicant suppliant
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019
Examples from the Web for supplantation
One of these illustrates the expiring episcopal jurisdiction over heresy and its supplantation by the Inquisition.
A History of The Inquisition of Spain; vol. 2,|Henry Charles Lea
British Dictionary definitions for supplantation
supplant
/ (səˈplɑːnt) /
verb
(tr) to take the place of, often by trickery or forcehe easily supplanted his rival
Derived Formssupplantation (ˌsʌplɑːnˈteɪʃən), nounsupplanter, noun
Word Origin for supplant
C13: via Old French from Latin supplantāre to trip up, from sub- from below + planta sole of the foot
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012