Category:Override

O`ver*ride", v. t. [imp. Overrode; p. p. Overridden, overrode, Overrid (p. pr. & vb. n. Overriding.] Etym: [as. offeridan.]

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.