'Supplanting' definitions:
Definition of 'supplanting'
(from WordNet)
noun
Act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics [syn: supplanting, displacement]
Definition of 'Supplanting'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Synonyms of 'supplanting'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- agency,
- change,
- commutation,
- delegation,
- deputation,
- deputyship,
- displacement,
- exchange,
- power of attorney,
- quid pro quo,
- replacement,
- representation,
- subrogation,
- substitution,
- supersedence,
- superseding,
- supersedure,
- supersession,
- supplantation,
- supplantment,
- switch,
- tit for tat,
- vicariousness