'Displant' definitions:

Definition of 'Displant'

From: GCIDE
  • Displant \Dis*plant"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Di?planted}; p. pr. & vb. n. Displanting.] [Pref. dis- + plant: cf. OF. desplanter, F. d['e]planter.]
  • 1. To remove (what is planted or fixed); to unsettle and take away; to displace; to root out; as, to displant inhabitants. [1913 Webster]
  • I did not think a look, Or a poor word or two, could have displanted Such a fixed constancy. --Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To strip of what is planted or settled; as, to displant a country of inhabitants. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]

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