Supplant

Name: American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2 - Supplant
Author: Noah Webster

SUPPLANT’, v.t. [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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Chicago: Noah Webster Jr., "Supplant," American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2 in An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2 (New York: S. Converse, 1828), Original Sources, accessed March 27, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=51M7M73MQVJNTVC.

MLA: Webster, Noah, Jr. "Supplant." American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2, in An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2, New York, S. Converse, 1828, Original Sources. 27 Mar. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=51M7M73MQVJNTVC.

Harvard: Webster, N, 'Supplant' in American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2. cited in 1828, An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2, S. Converse, New York. Original Sources, retrieved 27 March 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=51M7M73MQVJNTVC.