v. t. | 1. | To trip up. |
2. | To remove or displace by stratagem; to displace and take the place of; to supersede; | |
3. | To overthrow, undermine, or force away, in order to get a substitute in place of. |
Verb | 1. | supplant - take the place or move into the position of; "Smith replaced Miller as CEO after Miller left"; "the computer has supplanted the slide rule"; "Mary replaced Susan as the team's captain and the highest-ranked player in the school" |