supplant

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
17
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/səˈplɑːnt/ (UK)
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/səˈplɑːnt/ (UK) · /səˈplænt/ (US)

Definition of supplant

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (transitive)To take the place of; to replace, to supersede.
    “Will online dictionaries ever supplant paper dictionaries?”
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verb

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

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Etymology

From Middle English supplanten, supplaunten, from Old French supplanter, from Latin supplantō (“trip up”), from sub (“from below, under”) + planta (“sole”).

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2-letter words

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