Sup*place" (?), v. t. To replace. [R.] J. Bascom.
Sup*plant" (?), 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.
2. To remove or displace by stratagem; to displace and take the place
of; to supersede; as, a rival supplants another in the favor of a
mistress or a prince.
Suspecting that the courtier had supplanted the friend.
Bp. Fell.
3. To overthrow, undermine, or force away, in order to get a substitute
in place of.
You never will supplant the received ideas of God.
Landor.
Syn. -- To remove; displace; overpower; undermine; overthrow;
supersede.
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Sup`plan*ta"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. supplantation, L. supplantatio
hypocritical deceit.] The act of supplanting or displacing.
Habitual supplantation of immediate selfishness.
Cloeridge.
Sup*plan"ter (?), n. One who supplants.
Sup"ple (?), a. [OE. souple, F. souple, from L. supplex suppliant,
perhaps originally, being the knees. Cf. Supplicate.] 1. Pliant;
flexible; easily bent; as, supple joints; supple fingers.
2. Yielding compliant; not obstinate; submissive to guidance; as, a
supple horse.
If punishment . . . makes not the will supple, it hardens the
offender.
Locke.
3. Bending to the humor of others; flattering; fawning; obsequious.
Addison.
Syn. -- Pliant; flexible; yielding; compliant; bending; flattering;
fawning; soft.
Sup"ple, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Suppled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Suppling
(?).] 1. To make soft and pliant; to render flexible; as, to supple
leather.
The flesh therewith she suppled and did steep.
Spenser.