O·ver·ride v. t. [imp. Overrode p. p. Overridden Overrode, Overrid p. pr. & vb. n. Overriding.]
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; to nullify; as, one law overrides another; to override a veto.
5. To ride beyond; to pass; to outride. [Obs.]
I overrode him on the way. --Shak.
6. To ride too much; to ride, as a horse, beyond its strength.
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