supplant
[suh-plant, -plahnt]
- to take the place of (another), as through force, scheming, strategy, or the like.
- to replace (one thing) by something else.
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Origin of supplant
Synonyms
See more synonyms for supplant on Thesaurus.com1. remove, succeed. See replace.
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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
supplant
- (tr) to take the place of, often by trickery or forcehe easily supplanted his rival
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Word Origin
C13: via Old French from Latin supplantāre to trip up, from sub- from below + planta sole of the foot
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Word Origin and History for supplantation
supplant
v.
c.1300, "to trip up, overthrow, defeat, dispossess," from Old French supplanter "to trip up, overthrow," from Latin supplantare "trip up, overthrow," from sub "under" + planta "sole of the foot" (see plant (n.)). Meaning "replace one thing with another" first recorded 1670s. Interesting sense evolution parallel in Hebrew akabh "he beguiled," from akebh "heel."
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