Override /(?)/

O·ver·ride

Override

v. t.

imp. Overrode; p. p. Overridden; p. pr. & vb. n. Overriding

  1. To ride over or across; to ride upon; to trample down.
    The carter overridden with [i. e., by] his cart.
  2. To suppress; to destroy; to supersede; to annul; to nullify; as, one law overrides another; to override a veto.
  3. To countermand; to overrule; as, a supervisor may override the decision of a subordinate.
  4. To replace (one system with another); as, the pilot overrode the automatic pilot and took manual control of the airplane.
  5. To ride beyond; to pass; to outride. [Obs.]
    I overrode him on the way.
  6. To ride too much; to ride, as a horse, beyond its strength.