displant

dis·plant

verb \dis-ˈplant\

Definition of DISPLANT

transitive verb

1

: displace, remove

2

: supplant

Examples of DISPLANT

1. <long ago displanted by the automobile, the horse and buggy have become icons of a slower, gentler time>

Origin of DISPLANT

Middle French desplanter, from des- dis- + planter to plant, from Late Latin plantare

First Known Use: 15th century

Related to DISPLANT

Synonyms: cut out, displace, replace, relieve, substitute, supersede, supplant

Related Words: preempt, usurp

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Rhymes with DISPLANT

aslant, bacchant, bacchante, bezant, courante, decant, descant, eggplant, enceinte, enchant, explant, extant, face-plant, fire ant, formant, gallant, Gallant, gas plant, grandaunt, houseplant, ice plant, implant, incant, jade plant, land grant, leadplant, levant, Levant, musk plant, pieplant, pissant, plainchant, pourpoint, preplant, recant, red ant, replant, savant, seed plant, snow plant, supplant, transplant, white ant