单词 | supplanter |
释义 | supplantern.ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > overthrow of a person, institution, belief, etc. > one who or that which overthrows supplanterc1390 subvertera1500 overthrower1548 subversor1548 downthringera1572 thringera1572 overthrow1581 overturner1591 prostrator1649 profligator1694 c1390 (c1350) Proprium Sanctorum in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1888) 81 89 (MED) James also, he was þen Supplaunter of vices fro men ffor he halp monye ferre and hende Aȝeyn temptacioun of þe fende. c1452 J. Capgrave Treat. Augustine Orders in J. J. Munro Capgrave's Lives St. Augustine & St. Gilbert (1910) 145 So may our blessid fader Augustyn be cleped a supplanter of þe Deuel, for..ran he fro þe Deuel and took up-one him þe swete ȝok of..Ihesu Crist. a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle Psalter (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) xiii. 11 Iacob is als mykill at say as wrestlere or supplantere of syn. 1548 N. Udall in N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Pref. f. iiiiv Detecting the enemies of Goddes woorde and supplanters of his ghospell. 1616 T. Gainsford Rich Cabinet f. 43 Enuy is euer a supplanter of the vertuous; who if they once rise to the fauor of Princes, let them be sure of enuiors. 1672 W. de Britaine Dutch Usurp. 33 The Hollanders are the great Supplanters of Trade, and obstructers of Commerce. a1716 R. South 12 Serm. (1717) VI. 125 A Treacherous Supplanter and Underminer of the Peace of all Families and Societies. 1749 Ninth Let. Farmer to Electors Dublin 13 Give no such Advantage, my worthy and true Brothers, to the Adversaries of Liberty, to the Miners and Supplanters of your Civic Estate. a1791 W. Mason Spiritual Treasury for Children of God (1803) II. 261 He is an enemy to thy Lord, a supplanter of his glory, and a rival of thy faith in him, peace from him, and obedience to him. 2. A person who dispossesses or displaces another in a position, esp. by treacherous or dishonourable means. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > taking possession > [noun] > appropriation > without right > one who supplantera1393 usurperc1425 usurpator?1530 grabber1849 society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > undutifulness > treachery > [noun] > treacherous dispossession or displacement > one who supplantera1393 society > authority > office > removal from office or authority > [noun] > one who removes underplanterc1200 supplantera1627 deposer1639 cashierer1790 a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) ii. l. 2437 If thou understode..In loves cause what it doth, A man to ben a Supplantour. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 3744 (MED) Right-wisli es iacob his nam, þat es to sai..Supplanter als of heritage. a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) iv. l. 2489 Poisounmongeris & enchaunteressis, Of fals supplantours, contrarie to all good. c1452 J. Capgrave Treat. Augustine Orders in J. J. Munro Capgrave's Lives St. Augustine & St. Gilbert (1910) 145 Iacob is as mech to say as a supplanter or a deceyuour, for he..supplanted his broþir. 1593 T. Lodge Life & Death William Long Beard sig. C3 William thus deliuered of a supplanter of his pleasure after some vnkindnesse past and calmed betweene him and his Maudline finallie fell to an accord. a1627 W. Rowley & T. Middleton Wit at Severall Weapons Dramatis Personae, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Wks. (1755) 242 Cunningham, a discreet gentleman, Sir Gregory's Comrade and Supplanter. 1691 T. Ken Let. 7 June in E. H. Plumptre Life Thomas Ken (1888) II. 52 Dr Kidder is now said to be my Successour or rather supplanter. 1703 W. Hamilton Life J. Bonnell ii. 167 He was rarely known to speak an Angry word against his Supplanter. 1794 Crit. Rev. July 276 With a view of giving additional security to the lands of the church, a statute was now particularly directed against the rapacity of the supplanters. 1841 E. Bulwer-Lytton Night & Morning i. iii Those children are our disgrace and your supplanters. 1899 Daily News 25 July 6/1 When the prodigal has satisfied poetic justice, and retaliated by nearly killing his supplanter. 1932 S. Leslie Stud. Sublime Failure 235 Next day he [sc. Lord Curzon] braced himself and went to the Carlton to propose his supplanter as leader of the Conservative Party. 1970 F. Barlow Edward the Confessor ii. 37 In July 1017 she crossed to England for her marriage to her husband's supplanter. 2008 N.Y. Sun (Nexis) 2 July (Arts) 11 The supplanted are sometimes worse folk than the supplanters. 3. A thing that replaces or supersedes another. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > exchange > substitution > supplanting or replacement > [noun] > one who or that which replaces supplanter1776 replacement1794 replacer1829 replacive1948 1776 G. Campbell Philos. of Rhetoric I. vii. 187 If the orator would prove successful, it is necessary that he engage in his service all these different powers of the mind, the imagination, the memory, and the passions. These are not the supplanters of reason, or even rivals in her sway; they are her handmaids. a1792 Bp. G. Horne Disc. (1794) IV. iv. 100 The proceedings of presbytery itself were found to be mild and moderate, when compared with the insufferable insolence and cruelty of it's supplanter, independency. 1836 B. A. Simon Ten Tribes of Israel 37 Once assuming that Rome is the supplanter of Jerusalem, [etc.]. 1865 Sat. Rev. 11 Nov. 622/1 Natural Provençal and natural Swabian, as distinguished from their high-polite supplanter. 1905 J. B. Firth Highways & Byways in Derbyshire xi. 172 The old road..is little more than half as long as its modern supplanter. 1970 G. Sampson & R. C. Churchill Conc. Cambr. Hist. Eng. Lit. (1999) ii. 67 The great decasyllabic or heroic couplet, the supplanter of the octosyllabic couplet as a staple of English verse. 1985 Times 14 Sept. 8/7 If the SDP has any meaning it is as the supplanter of the Labour party. 2002 D. Goodall in M. Elliott Long Road to Peace in Northern Ireland 123 It [sc. the Good Friday Agreement] is also in important respects an extension and development of the Hillsborough Agreement rather than..its supplanter. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < |
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