Lexic.us

Definition of Override

1. Verb. Rule against. "The Republicans were overruled when the House voted on the bill"

2. Noun. A manually operated device to correct the operation of an automatic device.

3. Verb. Prevail over. "Health considerations override financial concerns"

4. Noun. The act of nullifying; making null and void; counteracting or overriding the effect or force of something.

5. Verb. Counteract the normal operation of (an automatic gear shift in a vehicle).

6. Verb. Ride (a horse) too hard.

Definition of Override

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

Definition of Override

1. Verb. To ride across or beyond something. ¹

2. Verb. To ride a horse too hard. ¹

3. Verb. To counteract the normal operation of something. ¹

4. Noun. A mechanism, device or procedure used to counteract an automatic control. ¹

5. Noun. A royalty. ¹

6. Noun. A device for prioritizing audio signals, such that certain signals receive priority over others. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Override

1. to ride over [v -RODE, -RIDDEN, -RIDING, -RIDES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Override

overresearched overrespond overresponded overresponding overresponds overresponse overrested overrestoration overrestore overrestored

overrestoring overrich overridability overridable overridden override (current term) overrideable overrides overriding overrife

overrigged overrighteous overrigid overrigorous overripe overripe cataract overripen overripened overripeness

Literary usage of Override

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Veto Power of the Governor of Illinois by Niels Henriksen Debel (1917)
"And here arises such questions as these: what vote is necessary to override the veto? how much time does the governor have to consider bills, first, ..."

2. A History of the Struggle for Slavery Extension Or Restriction in the United by Horace Greeley (1856)
"V. EARLY ATTEMPTS TO override THE ORDINANCE. Ohio (1802-3) was made a State, the residue of the vast regions- ..."

3. A Treatise on the Bankruptcy Law of the United States by Harold Remington (1915)
"Are Advance Interpretations as to Procedure, and to Be Followed, Though Not to override Statute Itself.—These rules, forms and orders, ..."

4. Appletons' Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events (1871)
"... and all attempts to usurp, override or impose conditions upon the several States without constitutional authority are unjust, oppressive, and subversive ..."

5. The Wall Street Point of View by Henry Clews (1900)
"The attempt of the political power to override the financial, a failure. — All financial roads lead to Wall Street. — New York destined to be the world's ..."

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