Category:Supplant

Sup*plant", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Supplanted; p. pr. & vb. n. Supplanting.] Etym: [f. supplanter, l. supplantare to trip up one's Heels, to throw down; sub under + planta the sole of the foot, also, A sucker, slip, sprout. Cf. Plant, n.]

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.