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supplanted

[ suh-plan-tid ]

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adjective

having been replaced or taken over by someone or something else:
A few months later, in the midnight secrecy of a remote castle, the supplanted monarch met his untimely end.
Having the latest gear is very, very cool, but buying the recently supplanted versions can save you a considerable amount of money.

noun

Usually the supplanted. people or things that have been replaced:
He took up with the peasantry's rebellion only to find that the supplanters were just as bad as the supplanted.

verb

the simple past tense and past participle of supplant.

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Other Word Forms

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Word History and Origins

Origin of supplanted¹

supplant ( def ) + -ed ²( def )

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Now, the area is instead home to the amenities that supplanted Chicago’s first socially complex, intentionally provocative, and culturally essential queer-accomodating neighborhood.

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So maybe there is hope for the AL West, which supplanted the Central as the worst division in baseball.

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He’s uninterested in the book’s driving point: Paul’s struggle to make sense of a world where petty rules have supplanted community and common sense.

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The photo-op had supplanted policy as the sine qua non of political discourse.

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Who wouldn’t want to live in a world where power hasn’t supplanted justice, and mistakes, rather than defining you, provide an opportunity to learn and grow?

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