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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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