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verb

Supplant v. t. (past & past part. supplanted; pres. part. supplanting)

To trip up. (Obs.) "Supplanted, down he fell."

To displace and take the place of; to supersede; to remove or displace by stratagem; as, a rival supplants another in the favor of a mistress or a prince. "Suspecting that the courtier had supplanted the friend."

To overthrow, undermine, or force away, in order to get a substitute in place of. (obsolescent) "You never will supplant the received ideas of God."

To remove (a thing) and replace it with something else.

Synonyms: To remove; displace; overpower; undermine; overthrow; supersede.

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Etymology of 'Supplanting'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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