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