American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2

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Author: Noah Webster

Supplant

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 May 8, 2024, 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. 8 May. 2024. 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 8 May 2024, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=51M7M73MQVJNTVC.