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supplant
sup·plant
[
sə plánt
]
(
past and past participle
sup·plant·ed
,
present participle
sup·plant·ing
,
3rd person present singular
sup·plants
)
transitive verb
Definition:
1.
oust somebody:
to take the place or position of somebody by force or intrigue
2.
replace:
to take the place of something, especially something much used, inferior, outmoded, or irrelevant
[
13th century. Directly or via French< Latin
supplantare
"trip up, overthrow" <
sub-
"up from beneath" +
planta
"sole of the foot"
]
sup·plan·ta·tion
[
sù plan táysh'n
]
noun
sup·plant·er
[
sə plántər
]
noun
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sup·plan·ta·tion [ sù plan táysh'n ] nounsup·plant·er [ sə plántər ] noun
