SUPPLANT

supplant, replace, supersede, supervene upon

(verb) 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”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

supplant (third-person singular simple present supplants, present participle supplanting, simple past and past participle supplanted)

(transitive) To take the place of; to replace, to supersede.

(transitive, obsolete) To uproot, to remove violently.

Synonyms

• (replace): dethrone, oust, replace, supersede, take over from

• (remove violently): uproot, wrench out

Source: Wiktionary


Sup*plant", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Supplanted; p. pr. & vb. n. Supplanting.] Etym: [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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

17 January 2025

OBSERVE

(verb) conform one’s action or practice to; “keep appointments”; “she never keeps her promises”; “We kept to the original conditions of the contract”


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