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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 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.