Meaning of OVERRIDE
| Pronunciation: | | [n]'owvur`rId, [v]`owvur'rId, owvur'rId
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- [n] the act of nullifying; making null and void; counteracting or overriding the effect or force of something
- [n] a manually operated device to correct the operation of an automatic device
- [v] rule against; "The Republicans were overruled when the House voted on the bill"
- [v] ride too hard, as of a horse
- [v] counteract the normal operation of (an automatic gear shift in a vehicle)
- [v] prevail over; "health considerations override financial concerns"
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| | Synonyms: | | nullification, overrule, overthrow, overturn, reverse |
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| | See Also: | | cancellation, change of state, counteract, counteraction, counterbalance, countervail, decree, device, dominate, neutralisation, neutralization, neutralize, predominate, prevail, reign, ride, rule, rule, sit, vitiation | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \O`ver*ride"\, v. t. [imp. {Overrode}; p. p.
{Overridden}, {Overrode}, {Overrid}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Overriding}.] [AS. offer[=i]dan.]
1. To ride over or across; to ride upon; to trample down.
The carter overridden with [i. e., by] his cart.
--Chaucer.
2. To suppress; to destroy; to supersede; to annul; as, one
low overrides another; to override a veto.
3. To ride beyond; to pass; to outride. [Obs.]
I overrode him on the way. --Shak.
4. To ride too much; to ride, as a horse, beyond its
strength.
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