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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (1)

1. take the place or move into the position of;
- Example: "Smith replaced Miller as CEO after Miller left"
- Example: "the computer has supplanted the slide rule"
- Example: "Mary replaced Susan as the team's captain and the highest-ranked player in the school"
[syn: supplant, replace, supersede, supervene upon, supercede]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

supervene upon
    v 1: take the place or move into the position of; "Smith
         replaced Miller as CEO after Miller left"; "the computer
         has supplanted the slide rule"; "Mary replaced Susan as the
         team's captain and the highest-ranked player in the school"
         [syn: supplant, replace, supersede, supervene upon,
         supercede]