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Supplant

//səˈplænt// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To take the place of; to replace, to supersede. transitive

    "Will online dictionaries ever supplant paper dictionaries?"

  2. 2
    take the place or move into the position of wordnet
  3. 3
    To uproot, to remove violently. obsolete, transitive

    "Trinculo, if you trouble him any more in's tale, by this hand, I will supplant some of your teeth."

Etymology

From Middle English supplanten, supplaunten, from Old French supplanter, from Latin supplantō (“trip up”), from sub (“from below, under”) + planta (“sole”).

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