Override /(?)/
O·ver·ride
Override
v. t.
imp. Overrode; p. p. Overridden; p. pr. & vb. n. Overriding
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To ride over or across; to ride upon; to trample down.
The carter overridden with [i. e., by] his cart.
- To suppress; to destroy; to supersede; to annul; to nullify; as, one law overrides another; to override a veto.
- To countermand; to overrule; as, a supervisor may override the decision of a subordinate.
- To replace (one system with another); as, the pilot overrode the automatic pilot and took manual control of the airplane.
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To ride beyond; to pass; to outride. [Obs.]
I overrode him on the way.
- To ride too much; to ride, as a horse, beyond its strength.