Supplant

Pronunciation

• UK enPR: sÉ™pläntʹ, IPA: /səˈplɑːnt/
• Rhymes: -ɑːnt
• US enPR: sÉ™plăntʹ, IPA: /səˈplænt/
• Rhymes: -ænt

Alternative forms

• supplaunt obsolete

Origin

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

Full definition of supplant

Verb

1. (transitive) To take the place of; to replace, to supersede.Will online dictionaries ever supplant paper dictionaries?
2. (transitive, obsolete) To uproot, to remove violently.
• 1610, , by William Shakespeare, act 3 scene 2Trinculo, if you trouble him any more in's tale, by this hand, I will supplant some of your teeth.

Synonyms

• (replace) dethrone, oust, replace, supersede, take over from
• (remove violently) uproot, wrench out