Thesaurus: supplant

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1. n. To trip up.
2. n. To remove or displace by stratagem; to displace and take the place of; to supersede; as, a rival supplants another in the favor of a mistress or a prince.
3. n. To overthrow, undermine, or force away, in order to get a substitute in place of.
4. v. take the place or move into the position of
5. 1. To trip up. [Obs.] "Supplanted, down he fell." Milton. 2. To remove or displace by stratagem; to displace and take the place of; to supersede; as, a rival supplants another in the favor of a mistress or a prince. Suspecting that the courtier had supplanted the friend. Bp. Fell. 3. To overthrow, undermine, or force away, in order to get a substitute in place of. You never will supplant the received ideas of God. Landor. Syn. -- To remove; displace; overpower; undermine; overthrow; supersede.
6. v:100 v. take the place or move into the position of