From , from , from sub ("under") + planta ("sole").

• (British) enPR: səpläntʹ, IPA: /səˈplɑːnt/
• (America, Canada, Northern England) enPR: səplăntʹ, IPA: /səˈplænt/

supplant (supplants, present participle supplanting; simple past and past participle supplanted)

1. (transitive) To take the place of; to replace, to supersede.

   Synonyms: dethrone, oust, replace, supersede, take over from

   Will online dictionaries ever supplant paper dictionaries?

2. (transitive, obsolete) To uproot, to remove violently.

   Synonyms: uproot, wrench out

   • 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC ↗, [Act III, scene ii]:

     Trinculo, if you trouble him any more in's tale, by this hand, I will supplant some of your teeth.

• French: supplanter
• German: verdrängen, ersetzen, ausstechen
• Portuguese: suplantar, substituir
• Russian: вытесня́ть
• Spanish: suplantar

• French: détrôner, déposer, dézinguer, renverser, éradiquer
• Italian: detronizzare, rovesciare
• Russian: искорени́ть
• Spanish: destronar, derribar, derrocar