Override

[əʊvə'raɪd] or [,ovɚ'raɪd]

Definition

(noun.) a manually operated device to correct the operation of an automatic device.

(verb.) ride (a horse) too hard.

(verb.) counteract the normal operation of (an automatic gear shift in a vehicle).

(verb.) prevail over; 'health considerations override financial concerns'.

Checked by Calvin--From WordNet

Definition

(v. t.) To ride over or across; to ride upon; to trample down.

(v. t.) To suppress; to destroy; to supersede; to annul; as, one low overrides another; to override a veto.

(v. t.) To ride beyond; to pass; to outride.

(v. t.) To ride too much; to ride, as a horse, beyond its strength.

Typist: Sanford

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. [1]. Pass, ride beyond.[2]. Outweigh, surpass, be superior to, take precedence of.

Checker: Noelle

Definition

v.t. to ride too much: to pass on horseback: to trample down or set aside.—Override one's commission to act with too high a hand: to stretch one's authority too far.

Editor: Segre