O`ver*ride" (?), v. t. [imp. Overrode (?); p. p. Overridden (?), Overrode, Overrid (); p. pr. & vb. n. Overriding.] [AS. offeridan.]
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.
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