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supplant

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sup⋅plant

  [suh-plant, -plahnt]
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–verb (used with object)
1. to take the place of (another), as through force, scheming, strategy, or the like.
2. to replace (one thing) by something else.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME supplanten < L supplantāre to trip up, overthrow. See sup-, plant

Related forms:
sup⋅plan⋅ta⋅tion  [suhp-luhn-tey-shuhn] , noun
sup⋅plant⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
1. remove, succeed. See replace.
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sup·plant   (sə-plānt')   
tr.v.   sup·plant·ed, sup·plant·ing, sup·plants

  1. To usurp the place of, especially through intrigue or underhanded tactics.

  2. To displace and substitute for (another): The word processor has largely supplanted electric typewriters. See Synonyms at replace.


[Middle English supplanten, from Old French supplanter, from Latin supplantāre, to trip up : sub-, sub- + planta, sole of the foot; see plat- in Indo-European roots.]
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Word Origin & History

supplant 
c.1300, "to trip up, overthrow, defeat, dispossess," from O.Fr. supplanter "to trip up, overthrow," from L. supplantare "trip up, overthrow," from sub "under" + planta "sole of the foot" (see plant (n.)). Meaning "replace one thing with another" first recorded 1671. Interesting sense evolution parallel in Heb. akabh "he beguiled," from akebh "heel."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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