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Webster 1913 Edition
Override
Oˊver-ride′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp.
Overrode
; p. p.
Overridden
, Overrode
, Overrid
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Overriding
.] [AS.
offerīdan
.] 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; to nullify;
as, one law
overrides
another; to override
a veto.5.
To ride beyond; to pass; to outride.
[Obs.]
I
overrode
him on the way. Shakespeare
6.
To ride too much; to ride, as a horse, beyond its strength.
Webster 1828 Edition
Override
OVERRI'DE
,Verb.
T.
1.
To ride over. [Not used.]2.
To ride too much; to ride beyond the strength of the horse.