[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

supplant \supplant"\, 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
see also:
supplanted supplanting plant 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

supplanting
     n : act of taking the place of another especially using
         underhanded tactics syn: displacement
see also:
displacement 

[3] : 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

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