Supplanting : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Supplanting	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Supplanting
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
supplanting n act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics Synonym(s): supplanting, displacement
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.] [bd]Supplanted, down he fell.[b8] --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. --Bp. Fell. 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. --Landor. Syn: To remove; displace; overpower; undermine; overthrow; supersede.