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To ride over or across; to ride upon; to trample down.

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  1. v. t. To ride over or across; to ride upon; to trample down.
  2. v. t. To suppress; to destroy; to supersede; to annul; as, one low overrides another; to override a veto.
  3. v. t. To ride beyond; to pass; to outride.
  4. v. t. To ride too much; to ride, as a horse, beyond its strength.
  5. n. a manually operated device to correct the operation of an automatic device
  6. n. the act of nullifying; making null and void; counteracting or overriding the effect or force of something
  7. v. rule against
  8. v. prevail over
  9. v. counteract the normal operation of (an automatic gear shift in a vehicle)
  10. v. ride (a horse) too hard
  11. 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.
  12. n:15/v:85 n. a manually operated device to correct the operation of an automatic device v. prevail over v. counteract the normal operation of (an automatic gear shift in a vehicle) v. ride (a horse) too hard