See Also: override(1)(dictionary)
override(2)(dictionary)
override(dictionary)
Override - Sailing(gambling)
Override commission(tourism)

override(2) (iou)



override verb trans. . OE.
[from OVER- + RIDE verb.]
gen. Ride over, cross by riding. OE.
W. S. Blunt A large portion of your hunting field over-rode their smallholding.
b. Ride over (the fallen); trample down or underfoot by riding. ME.
c. Ride across (hostile or enemy country), esp. with an armed force, harry. LME.
Reach or overtake by riding; outride. Long rare or obsolete. OE.
a. Supersede, esp. arrogantly; have or claim precedence or superiority over; intervene and make ineffective, dominate. M16.
override one's commission act beyond one's powers or authority, discharge one's office high-handedly and arbitrarily.
P. G. Wodehouse Sternly overriding the preferences of the man who paid..his wages. K. Lines No decrees issued by..a mere man can override the law of the gods.
b. Cause the operation of (an automatic device) to be suspended, esp. in favour of manual control. M20.
Exhaust (a horse etc.) by hard or excessive riding. E17.
Extend over; esp. (of a part of a fractured bone) overlap (another part). M19.
overriding adjective (a) that overrides, esp. that has precedence or superiority over; (b)
overriding commission (commerce), an extra or additional commission: M19.
overridingly adverb M20.