Sup*plant" (?), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Supplanted (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Supplanting.] [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.
Sup*plant" (?), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Supplanted (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Supplanting.] [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.
