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supplant

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As a verb, supplant means take the place of.

Meanings of supplant

3 meanings

verb

To take the place of; to replace, to supersede.
“Will online dictionaries ever supplant paper dictionaries?”
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”
Similar: replace, supersede, supervene upon

Older and rare meanings (1)

obsoleteTo uproot, to remove violently.

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

Synonyms by meaning

verb: take the place or move into the position of

replace supersedesupervene upon

Words that rhyme with supplant

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