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displanting

displanting is the present participle and gerund of displant.

Meaning of displant

Verb

displant (third-person singular simple present displants, present participle displanting, simple past and past participle displanted)

  1. (archaic, transitive) 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...
    Synonyms:
    displace

Questions about displanting

What is displanting the present participle and gerund of?
Displanting is the present participle and gerund of displant.

Words near displanting in the dictionary

  1. displacive
  2. displant
  3. displantation
  4. displantations
  5. displanted
  6. displanting
  7. displants
  8. display
  9. display cabinet
  10. display cabinets
  11. display case

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