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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

  1. suppedaneum,
  2. supper,
  3. supper club,
  4. suppertime,
  5. suppiluliumas i,
  6. supplantation,
  7. supple,
  8. supplejack,
  9. supplely,
  10. supplement

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 formssup·plan·ta·tion [suhp-luhn-tey-shuhn] /ˌsʌp lənˈteɪ ʃən/, nounsup·plant·er, nounun·sup·plant·ed, adjective
Can be confusedsupplant 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 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
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Word Origin and History for supplanting

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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