01 v. t. To remove (what is planted or fixed); to unsettle and take away; to displace; to root out; as, to displant inhabitants.
imp. & p. p.
Displanted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Displanting
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1.
To remove (what is planted or fixed); to unsettle and take away; to displace; to root out; as, to displant inhabitants.“I did not think a look, Or a poor word or two, could have displanted Such a fixed constancy.” — Beau. & Fl.
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2.
To strip of what is planted or settled; as, to displant a country of inhabitants.