Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
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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