Supplant

[sə'plɑːnt] or [sə'plænt]

Definition

(verb.) take the place or move into the position of; 'Smith replaced Miller as CEO after Miller left'; 'the computer has supplanted the slide rule'; 'Mary replaced Susan as the team's captain and the highest-ranked player in the school'.

Typist: Stacey--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) To trip up.

(n.) 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.

(n.) To overthrow, undermine, or force away, in order to get a substitute in place of.

Typed by Frank

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. [1]. Undermine, overthrow.[2]. Displace (by stratagem), replace, remove, supersede.

Typist: Willard

Definition

v.t. to displace by stratagem: to take the place of: to undermine.—ns. Supplantā′tion; Supplant′er.

Editor: Rena

Examples

Editor: Milton

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