Crossword clues for overridden
overridden
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.
Wiktionary
vb. (past participle of override English)
WordNet
n. a manually operated device to correct the operation of an automatic device
the act of nullifying; making null and void; counteracting or overriding the effect or force of something [syn: nullification]
v. rule against; "The Republicans were overruled when the House voted on the bill" [syn: overrule, overturn, overthrow, reverse]
prevail over; "health considerations override financial concerns"
counteract the normal operation of (an automatic gear shift in a vehicle)
ride (a horse) too hard
[also: overrode, overridden]
See override
Usage examples of "overridden".
We've overridden shuttles Nine through Twelve and pilots are in place.
Though overridden by his superiors, Outram had then limited Burton's plans for exploration.
You've overridden my insistence that we must find more allies for the final attack on the Mil homeworlds.
She had overridden her own reluctance to go out in the company of a non-singer, however dispassionately involved with the singing of crystal.
Then the pandemonium was overridden by the band's booming into the "Wedding March.
I've already signaled the cockpit and overridden that pod's launch sequence.
Perhaps fear had overridden his weakness of body for those seconds, giving him a return of energy.
During the dark time her anxieties had overridden her confidence and she had become increasingly nervous about leaving her suite next to Struan and all her comfort, so hastily.