Found 3 items, similar to supplant.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: supplant
mendesak, mengasak
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: supplant
supplant
v : 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” [syn:
replace,
supersede,
supervene upon]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Supplant
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.
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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.
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Suspecting that the courtier had supplanted the
friend. --Bp. Fell.
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3. To overthrow, undermine, or force away, in order to get a
substitute in place of.
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You never will supplant the received ideas of God.
--Landor.
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Syn: To remove; displace; overpower; undermine; overthrow;
supersede.
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