overrule Meaning, Definition & Usage

verb rule against
override; overturn; reverse; overthrow.
- The Republicans were overruled when the House voted on the bill

imperfect & past participle Overruled ; present participle & verbal noun Overruling

To rule over; to govern or determine by superior authority.
To rule or determine in a contrary way; to decide against; to abrogate or alter; as, God overrules the purposes of men; the chairman overruled the point of order.
His passion and animosity overruled his conscience. Clarendon.

These [difficulties] I had habitually overruled. F. W. Newman.
(Law) To supersede, reject, annul, or rule against; as, the plea, or the decision, was overruled by the court.

To be superior or supreme in rulling or controlling; as, God rules and overrules. Shak.