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/ˈoʊvərrˌaɪd/ Listen

verb

Override v. t. (past overrode; past part. overridden; pres. part. overriding)

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.

Hence: 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.

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.

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Etymology of 'Override'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Override" Quotes from Famous Books

... or character, have worked not for the public good, but on the principle that "to the victors belong the spoils." Their rapacity and greed have led them to sacrifice principle to party. They aim to manage caucuses, pervert elections, override the wishes and defy the moral sense of the people, and corrupt the sources ...

— Colleges in America • John Marshall Barker

... most flourishing industries. The difficulty of obtaining furs, which, being all brought from the north, required long and perilous journeys, gave a very high price and value to those products. Then, as now, high prices led to consumption; for vanity likes to override obstacles. In France, as in other kingdoms, not only did royal ordinances restrict the use of furs to the nobility (proved by the part which ermine plays in the old blazons), but also certain rare furs, such as vair (which was undoubtedly Siberian sable), could not be worn by any ...

— Catherine de' Medici • Honore de Balzac

... quarters, was greatly controlled in its growth by the necessity imposed on it of conforming itself to the analogies of the common law, but it has always answered the description of a body of comparatively novel legal principles claiming to override the older jurisprudence of the country on the strength of an intrinsic ...

— Ancient Law - Its Connection to the History of Early Society • Sir Henry James Sumner Maine

... Sir Lionel, "we can force him to show by what right he controls her liberty. The law of guardianship can not override the habeas corpus act, and the liberty of the subject is provided for, after all. If we once get Edith out of his control, it will be difficult for him to get her back again, even if the law did decide in his favor. Still I think there is a good deal in what ...

— The Living Link • James De Mille

... ended in General Gordon's last appointment. The precise motives of those responsible for these transactions are less easy to discern. It is difficult to understand what the reasons could have been which induced the Government, not only to override the hesitations of Sir Evelyn Baring, but to overlook the grave and ...

— Eminent Victorians • Lytton Strachey

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