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supplant

Webster 1828

SUPPLANT', verb transitive [Latin supplanto; sub and planta, the bottom of the foot.] To trip up the heels.SUPPLANTed down he fell.1. To remove or displace by stratagem; or to displace and take the place of; as, a rival supplants another in the affections of his mistress, or in the favor of his prince.Suspecting that the courtier had supplanted the friend.2. To overthrow; to undermine