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supplanted

supplanted is the simple past and past participle of supplant.

Meaning of supplant

Verb

supplant (third-person singular simple present supplants, present participle supplanting, simple past and past participle supplanted)

  1. (transitive) To take the place of; to replace, to supersede.
    • Will online dictionaries ever supplant paper dictionaries?
    Synonyms:
    dethrone, oust, replace, supersede, take over from
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To uproot, to remove violently.
    • Trinculo, if you trouble him any more in's tale, by this hand, I will supplant some of your teeth.1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published...
    Synonyms:
    uproot

Questions about supplanted

What is supplanted the simple past and past participle of?
Supplanted is the simple past and past participle of supplant.

Words near supplanted in the dictionary

  1. supplacing
  2. supplant
  3. supplantable
  4. supplantation
  5. supplantations
  6. supplanted
  7. supplanter
  8. supplanters
  9. supplantest
  10. supplanteth
  11. supplanting

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