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单词 supplant
释义 sup·plant
\səˈplant, -laa(ə)nt, -laint, -lȧnt\ transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English supplanten, from Middle French supplanter from Latin supplantare to overthrow by tripping up, throw down, from sub- + planta sole of the foot — more at place
1. obsolete : to cause to fall : trip up
2. archaic : to cause the downfall of : bring low in estate, power, potency, or virtue
3. : to supersede (another) especially by force, trickery, or treachery : usurp the place or possessions of
 < the pretty young wife finds herself … having been supplanted by a brisk, unlovely woman — Gerald Bullett >
4.
 a.
  (1) obsolete : to root out : uproot
  (2) : to completely remove from a situation and replace : eradicate and supply a substitute for
   < supplant hysteria with common sense — Bradford Smith >
   < the attempt of an alien administration to supplant the vernacular — R.M.Lovett >
   < attempts to supplant the representational theory by a position which it considers more adequate — Hunter Mead >
 b. : to take the place of : oust from a position and serve as a substitute for especially by reason of superior excellence or power
  < this cheap and useful material rapidly supplanted the expensive iron — Tom Marvel >
  < it supplements rather than supplants the private agencies — Times Literary Supplement >
Synonyms: see replace
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