Supplant

[Sup*plantĀ·]

Kate was out sick for a month with mono, and when she came back to school, Jessie had supplanted her as the funny girl at the lunch table. Supplant means to take the place of.

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To trip up.

Verb
take the place or move into the position of; "Smith replaced Miller as CEO after Miller left"; "the computer has supplanted the slide rule"; "Mary replaced Susan as the team''s captain and the highest-ranked player in the school"


n.
To trip up.

n.
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.

n.
To overthrow, undermine, or force away, in order to get a substitute in place of.


Supplant

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.
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.
Syn. -- To remove; displace; overpower; undermine; overthrow; supersede.

Supplantation

Sup`plan*ta"tion , n. [Cf. F. supplantation, L. supplantatio hypocritical deceit.] The act of supplanting or displacing.
Habitual supplantation of immediate selfishness.

To trip up.

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