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overrode


  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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