Hypertext Webster Gateway: "override"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Override \O`ver*ride"\, v. t. [imp. {Overrode}; p. p.
{Overridden}, {Overrode}, {Overrid}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Overriding}.] [AS. offer[=i]dan.]
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; as, one
low overrides another; to override a veto.
3. To ride beyond; to pass; to outride. [Obs.]
I overrode him on the way. --Shak.
4. To ride too much; to ride, as a horse, beyond its
strength.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
override
n 1: a manually operated device to correct the operation of an
automatic device
2: the act of nullifying; making null and void; counteracting
or overriding the effect or force of something [syn: {nullification}]
v 1: rule against; "The Republicans were overruled when the House
voted on the bill" [syn: {overrule}, {overturn}, {overthrow},
{reverse}]
2: prevail over; "health considerations override financial
concerns"
3: counteract the normal operation of (an automatic gear shift
in a vehicle)
4: ride too hard, as of a horse
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