SUPPLANT', L. supplanto sub and planta, the bottom of the foot. To trip up the heels.
Supplanted down he fell.
1. 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.
2. To overthrow to undermine.
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