'Supplanted' definitions:

Definition of 'Supplanted'

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  • Supplant \Sup*plant"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Supplanted; p. pr. & vb. n. Supplanting.] [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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Suspecting that the courtier had supplanted the friend. --Bp. Fell. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To overthrow, undermine, or force away, in order to get a substitute in place of. [obsolescent] [1913 Webster]
  • You never will supplant the received ideas of God. --Landor. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To remove (a thing) and replace it with something else. [PJC]
  • Syn: To remove; displace; overpower; undermine; overthrow; supersede. [1913 Webster]

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