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supplant

[ suh-plant, -plahnt ]
/ səˈplænt, -ˈplɑnt /
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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.

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RELATED WORDS

supersede, succeed, usurp, overthrow, unseat, undermine, oust, force, crowd, eject, expel, transfer, remove, bounce, ring, substitute, outplace

Nearby words

suppedaneum, supper, supper club, suppertime, suppiluliumas i, supplant, supple, supplejack, supplely, supplement, supplemental

Origin of supplant

1250–1300; Middle English supplanten < Latin supplantāre to trip up, overthrow. See sup-, plant

SYNONYMS FOR supplant

1 remove, succeed. See replace.

Related forms

sup·plan·ta·tion [suhp-luhn-tey-shuhn] /ˌsʌp lənˈteɪ ʃən/, nounsup·plant·er, nounun·sup·plant·ed, adjective

Can be confused

supplant supplicant suppliant
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British Dictionary definitions for supplanting

supplant

/ (səˈplɑːnt) /

verb

(tr) to take the place of, often by trickery or forcehe easily supplanted his rival

Derived Forms

supplantation (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
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