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Definition
take the place or move into the position of
- But I thought you were a Catalan, and they told me the Catalans were not men to allow themselves to be supplanted by a rival.Chapters 3-4 (43% in)
- With the rapid instinct of selfishness, Caderousse readily perceived the solidity of this mode of reasoning; he gazed, doubtfully, wistfully, on Danglars, and then caution supplanted generosity.Chapters 5-6 (44% in)
- Rage supplanted religious fervor.Chapters 15-16 (8% in)
There are no more uses of "supplant" in The Count of Monte Cristo.
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