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SUPPLANTING
supplanting, displacement
(noun) act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
supplanting
present participle of supplant
Source: Wiktionary
SUPPLANT
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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