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supplant

supp·lant

UK/səˈplɑːnt/ US/səˈplænt/ fairly common

verb

1.

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”
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From Middle English supplanten, supplaunten, from Old French supplanter, from Latin supplantō (“trip up”), from sub (“from below, under”) + planta (“sole”).

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