o´ver|rid´ing|ly

o|ver|ride «_OH vuhr RYD», verb, -rode, -rid|den, -rid|ing, noun.

–v.t.

1. to act in spite of: »

to override advice or objections.

2. Figurative. a) to prevail over; set aside: »

The new rule overrides all previous ones. The chairman's veto was overridden by the committee.

b) to ride over; trample on: »

overriding another's happiness in pursuit of your own (George W. Cable).

3. to ride over or across (as a region or place).

4. to tire out (a horse) by riding; ride too much.

5. to pass or extend over; overlap, as the pieces of a fractured bone or ice floes forced against each other.

–n.

1. a commission paid to a sales manager, in addition to his basic wage, based on the total sales in his territory.

2. a device for taking over temporarily the operation of an automatic control: »

a manual override.

3. the act of overriding: »

There had been only two successful overrides of a governor's veto (Atlantic).

╂[Old English oferrīdan]

–o´ver|rid´ing|ly, adverb.