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supplantation

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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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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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