Sup-plant’, v. t.

[imp. & p. p. SUPPLANTED; p. pr. & vb. n. SUPPLANTING.] [Fr. supplanter, Sp. suplantar, It. supplantare, suppiantare, Lat. supplantare, to trip up one's heels, to throw down, from sub, under, and planta, the sole of the foot.]

1. To trip up the heels of. [Obs. and rare.] “Supplanted, down he fell.” Milton.
2. To remove or displace by stratagem; or to displace and take the place of; as, a rival supplants another in the affections of his mistress, or in the favor of his prince. “Suspecting that the courtier had supplanted the friend.” Fell.
3. To overthrow; to undermine.

You will never supplant the received ideas of God. Landor. Syn.—To remove; displace; overpower; undermine; force away; overthrow; supersede.