displant
displant verb: to remove anything from where it has been planted or placed; to drive a person from their home.
Verb
displant (third-person singular simple present displants, present participle displanting, simple past and past participle displanted)
- To remove anything from where it has been planted or placed; to drive a person from their home.
- […] Hang up philosophy!
Unless philosophy can make a Juliet,
Displant a town, reverse a prince’s doom,
It helps not, it prevails not: talk no more.c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and... - I like a Plantation in a pure Soyl, that is, where People are not Displanted, to the end, to Plant others; for else it is rather an Extirpation, than a Plantation.1625, Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the chapter)”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC, page 123
- Synonyms:
- displace
- […] Hang up philosophy!
Synonyms of displant
Forms of displant
| third-person singular present | displants |
|---|---|
| present participle | displanting |
| past participle | displanted |
| past | displanted |
Origin of displant
From dis- + plant.
Questions about displant
- What does displant mean?
- Displant means to remove anything from where it has been planted or placed; to drive a person from their home.
- What part of speech is displant?
- Displant is a verb.
- What is the past tense of displant?
- The past tense of displant is displanted.
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