supplant
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[edit] English
[edit] Pronunciation
- (RP) enPR: səpläntʹ, IPA: /səˈplɑːnt/, SAMPA: /s@"plA:nt/
- Rhymes: -ɑːnt
- (US) enPR: səplăntʹ, IPA: /səˈplænt/, SAMPA: /s@"pl{nt/
- Rhymes: -ænt
[edit] Verb
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to supplant (third-person singular simple present supplants, present participle supplanting, simple past and past participle supplanted)
- (transitive) to replace, to take the place of, to supersede
- Will online dictionaries ever supplant paper dictionaries?
- (transitive, obsolete) to uproot, to remove violently
- 1610: Trinculo, if you trouble him any more in's tale, by this hand, I will supplant some of your teeth. — The Tempest, William Shakespeare
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[edit] Translations
to replace, to take the place of
to remove violently
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