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supplant

/səpˈlænt/suh-PLANT
/səpˈlænt/suh-PLANT

Meaningtrip up or overthrow

Common meaning: oust and replace

Journey through time

  1. Latinsupplantare‘trip up or overthrow’source
  2. Frenchmeaning shiftstrip up or overthrow → displacesupplanter‘displace’source
  3. Middle Englishsupplanten‘displace’source
  4. Englishmeaning shiftsdisplace → oust and replacesupplant‘oust and replace’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin supplantare ‘trip up or overthrow’.

Roots

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