override Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a manually operated device to correct the operation of an automatic device
  2. noun the act of nullifying; making null and void; counteracting or overriding the effect or force of something
    nullification.
  3. verb rule against
    overturn; overrule; reverse; overthrow.
    • The Republicans were overruled when the House voted on the bill
  4. verb prevail over
    • health considerations override financial concerns
  5. verb counteract the normal operation of (an automatic gear shift in a vehicle)
  6. verb ride (a horse) too hard

WordNet

O`ver*ride" transitive verb
Etymology
AS. offeridan.
Wordforms
imperfect Overrode ; past participle Overridden Overrode, Overrid ; present participle & verbal noun Overriding
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913