transitive verb
Etymology: Middle French desplanter, from des- dis- (I) + planter to plant, from Late Latin plantare
1. obsolete : to take (a plant) out of the ground
2. obsolete
a. : to deprive (as a town or settlement) of inhabitants : destroy the essential character of (as a town or settlement)
b. : to remove from a place (as of habitation or a colony or a settlement) : root out : displace ; also : supplant