supplant
English
Alternative forms
- supplaunt (obsolete)
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French supplanter, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin supplantō (“trip up”), from sub (“under”) + planta (“sole”).
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ɑːnt
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Audio (US): (file) Audio (AU): (file) - Rhymes: -ænt
Verb
supplant (third-person singular simple present supplants, present participle supplanting, simple past and past participle supplanted)
- (transitive) To take the place of; to replace, to supersede.
- Will online dictionaries ever supplant paper dictionaries?
- (transitive, obsolete) To uproot, to remove violently.
- 1610, The Tempest, by Shakespeare, act 3 scene 2
- Trinculo, if you trouble him any more in's tale, by this hand, I will supplant some of your teeth.
- 1610, The Tempest, by Shakespeare, act 3 scene 2
Synonyms
- (replace): dethrone, oust, replace, supersede, take over from
- (remove violently): uproot, wrench out
Translations
to take the place of, to replace
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to remove violently
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