v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Supplanted p. pr. & vb. n. Supplanting. ] [ F. supplanter, L. supplantare to trip up one's heels, to throw down; sub under + planta the sole of the foot, also, a sucker, slip, sprout. Cf. Plant, n. ] 1. To trip up. [ Obs. ] “Supplanted, down he fell.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. To displace and take the place of; to supersede; to remove or displace by stratagem; as, a rival supplants another in the favor of a mistress or a prince. [ 1913 Webster ] Suspecting that the courtier had supplanted the friend. Bp. Fell. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. To overthrow, undermine, or force away, in order to get a substitute in place of. [ obsolescent ] [ 1913 Webster ] You never will supplant the received ideas of God. Landor. [ 1913 Webster ] 4. To remove (a thing) and replace it with something else. [ PJC ] Syn. -- To remove; displace; overpower; undermine; overthrow; supersede. [ 1913 Webster ] | 