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overridden |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Override \O`ver*ride"\, v. t. [imp. {Overrode}; p. p. {Overridden}, {Overrode}, {Overrid}; p. pr & vb n. {Overriding}.] [AS. offer[=i]dan.] 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; as one low overrides another; to override a veto. 3. To ride beyond; to pass; to outride. [Obs.] I overrode him on the way --Shak. 4. To ride too much to ride, as a horse, beyond its strength.
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