supplanter

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English

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Etymology

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From supplant +‎ -er.

Noun

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supplanter (plural supplanters)

  1. Someone or something that supplants.
    • 1906, James H. McConkey, “Jacob's Struggle”, in China's Millions, page 13:
      Selfishness is indeed the supplanter of God in the soul.
    • 1957, Petroleum Times, volume 61, page 43:
      What with the increased cost and the continued element of unreliability that these facts mean, I don't see in hydro-electricity more than an eker-out of coal and oil, not a supplanter.

Anagrams

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French

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin supplantāre.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /sy.plɑ̃.te/
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Verb

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supplanter

  1. (transitive) to supplant

Conjugation

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Further reading

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Latin

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Verb

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supplanter

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of supplantō

Old French

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Etymology

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From Latin supplantō.

Verb

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supplanter

  1. (transitive) to supplant

Conjugation

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This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ts, *-tt are modified to z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Descendants

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  • English: supplant
  • French: supplanter