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Definition of Displant
1. v. t. To remove (what is planted or fixed); to unsettle and take away; to displace; to root out; as, to displant inhabitants.
Definition of Displant
1. Verb. (transitive) To remove anything from where it has been planted or placed; to drive one from one's home. ¹
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Definition of Displant
1. to dislodge [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: dislodge
Medical Definition of Displant
1. 1. To remove (what is planted or fixed); to unsettle and take away; to displace; to root out; as, to displant inhabitants. 2. To strip of what is planted or settled; as, to displant a country of inhabitants. Origin: OF. Desplanter, F. Deplanter. (27 Oct 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Displant
Literary usage of Displant
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"Written for dis-spirit; coined fnmi Lat. dis-, apart ; and Spirit, qv displant,
to remove what is planted. (F..-L.) ' A dorio. You may perceive I seek not ..."
2. Winthrop's Journal, "History of New England," 1630-1649 by John Winthrop, James Kendall Hosmer (1908)
"... and bad them tell all the plantations, as far as forty degrees, that they
would come with eight ships, next year, and displant them all. ..."
3. Collections by Massachusetts Historical Society (1856)
"After the capture displant the English as far as Pemaquid, of the Plymouth
trading-house, here and by it they professed all courtesy to narrated, ..."
4. History of Plymouth Plantation, 1620-1647 by William Bradford, Massachusetts Historical Society (1912)
"Winthrop states that the French threatened to return the next year with eight
ships, to "displant them all" as far as forty degrees. ..."
5. New England's Memorial by Nathaniel Morton (1826)
"... began to be planted,* and in transporting of goods plantations as far as 4fl",
that they would come with eight ships next year, and displant them nil. ..."
6. The History of New England from 1630 to 1649 by John Winthrop, James Savage (1853)
"... next year, and displant them all. But, by a letter which the captain wrote to
the governour of Plimouth, it appeared they had commission from Mons. ..."
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