Definitions for: Supplant


[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"



Webster (1913) 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.

Synonyms: replace, supersede, supervene upon

See Also: come after, deputise, deputize, follow, oust, stand in, step in, substitute, succeed, usurp

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