Overrid

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Override \O`ver*ride"\, v. t. [imp. {Overrode}; p. p.
     {Overridden}, {Overrode}, {Overrid}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Overriding}.] [AS. offer[imac]dan.]
     1. To ride over or across; to ride upon; to trample down.
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              The carter overridden with [i. e., by] his cart.
                                                    --Chaucer.
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     2. To suppress; to destroy; to supersede; to annul; to
        nullify; as, one law overrides another; to override a
        veto.
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     3. Hence: To countermand; to overrule; as, a supervisor may
        override the decision of a subordinate.
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     4. To replace (one system with another); as, the pilot
        overrode the automatic pilot and took manual control of
        the airplane.
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     5. To ride beyond; to pass; to outride. [Obs.]
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              I overrode him on the way.            --Shak.
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     6. To ride too much; to ride, as a horse, beyond its
        strength.
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