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–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.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
