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supplants

supplants is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 supplants

What is supplants the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Supplants is the third-person singular simple present indicative of supplant.

Words near supplants in the dictionary

  1. supplantest
  2. supplanteth
  3. supplanting
  4. supplantings
  5. supplantment
  6. supplants
  7. supplaunt
  8. supple
  9. supple jack
  10. supple jacks
  11. supple-jack

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