Supplant Definition

sə-plănt
supplanted, supplanting, supplants
verb
supplanted, supplanting, supplants
To take the place of; supersede, esp. through force or plotting.
Webster's New World
To usurp the place of, especially through intrigue or underhanded tactics.
In the Bible, Jacob supplants his older brother Esau.
American Heritage
To remove or uproot in order to replace with something else.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Supplant

  • Middle English supplanten to trip up, cause to stumble from Old French supplanter from Latin supplantāre to trip up sub- sub- planta sole of the foot plat- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old French supplanter, from Latin supplantō (“trip up"), from sub (“under") + planta (“sole").

    From Wiktionary

Supplant Sentence Examples

  • Both these works (now rare) are manifestly framed on the Linnaean method, so far as it had then reached; but in their arrangement of the various forms of birds they differed greatly from that which they designed to supplant, and they deservedly obtained little success.

  • His dynasty was destined to supplant that of the Merovingian house.

  • He defends them against Zeus, who, in accordance with a widely diffused mythical theory, desires to destroy the human race and supplant them by a new and better species, or who simply revenges a trick in which men get the better of him.

  • He could trade upon Edwards precocious hatred of Marys religion, he could rely upon French fears of her Spanish inclinations, and the success which bad attended his schemes in England deluded him into a belief that he could supplant the Tudor with a Dudley dynasty.

  • These suggestions can supplant distracting thoughts that can defeat the relaxation effort.

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