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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics;
[syn: supplanting, displacement]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Supplant \Sup*plant"\, 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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

supplanting n 1: act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics [syn: supplanting, displacement]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

23 Moby Thesaurus words for "supplanting": agency, change, commutation, delegation, deputation, deputyship, displacement, exchange, power of attorney, quid pro quo, replacement, representation, subrogation, substitution, supersedence, superseding, supersedure, supersession, supplantation, supplantment, switch, tit for tat, vicariousness