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Override \O`ver*ride"\, v. t. [imp. {Overrode}; p. p.
{Overridden}, {Overrode}, {Overrid}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Overriding}.] [AS. offer[imac]dan.]
1. To ride over or across; to ride upon; to trample down.
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The carter overridden with [i. e., by] his cart.
--Chaucer.
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2. To suppress; to destroy; to supersede; to annul; to
nullify; as, one law overrides another; to override a
veto.
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3. Hence: To countermand; to overrule; as, a supervisor may
override the decision of a subordinate.
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4. To replace (one system with another); as, the pilot
overrode the automatic pilot and took manual control of
the airplane.
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5. To ride beyond; to pass; to outride. [Obs.]
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I overrode him on the way. --Shak.
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6. To ride too much; to ride, as a horse, beyond its
strength.
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