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Webster 1913 Edition
Displant
Dis-plant′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Displanted
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Displanting
.] [Pref.
dis-
+ plant
: cf. OF. desplanter
, F. déplanter
.] 1.
To remove (what is planted or fixed); to unsettle and take away; to displace; to root out;
as, to
. displant
inhabitantsI did not think a look,
Or a poor word or two, could have
Such a fixed constancy.
Or a poor word or two, could have
displanted
Such a fixed constancy.
Beau. & Fl.
2.
To strip of what is planted or settled;
as, to
. displant
a country of inhabitantsSpenser.
Webster 1828 Edition
Displant
DISPLANT
,Verb.
T.
1.
To pluck up or to remove a plant.2.
To drive away or remove from the usual place of residence; as, to displant the people of a country.3.
To strip of inhabitants; as, to displant a country.