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supplanting
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Supplanting
(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.
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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.
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Suspecting that the courtier had supplanted the
friend. --Bp. Fell.
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3. To overthrow, undermine, or force away, in order to get a
substitute in place of. [obsolescent]
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You never will supplant the received ideas of God.
--Landor.
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4. To remove (a thing) and replace it with something else.
[PJC]
Syn: To remove; displace; overpower; undermine; overthrow;
supersede.
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supplanting
(wn) | supplanting
n 1: act of taking the place of another especially using
underhanded tactics [syn: supplanting, displacement] |
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Supplanting
(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.
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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.
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Suspecting that the courtier had supplanted the
friend. --Bp. Fell.
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3. To overthrow, undermine, or force away, in order to get a
substitute in place of. [obsolescent]
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You never will supplant the received ideas of God.
--Landor.
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4. To remove (a thing) and replace it with something else.
[PJC]
Syn: To remove; displace; overpower; undermine; overthrow;
supersede.
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