displant
verb
dis·plant di-ˈsplant 
displanted; displanting; displants
transitive verb
1
: displace, remove
2
: supplant
Synonyms
- cut out
- displace
- relieve
- replace
- substitute
- supersede
- supplant
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Example Sentences
long ago displanted by the automobile, the horse and buggy have become icons of a slower, gentler time
Word History
Etymology
Middle French desplanter, from des- dis- + planter to plant, from Late Latin plantare
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
displanting
verb
as in replacing
to take the place of long ago displanted by the automobile, the horse and buggy have become icons of a slower, gentler time Synonyms & Similar Words
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- replacing
- superseding
- cutting out
- substituting
- relieving
- supplanting
- displacing
- usurping
- preempting
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