override : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: override	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for override
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
override n a manually operated device to correct the operation of an automatic device the act of nullifying; making null and void; counteracting or overriding the effect or force of something Synonym(s): nullification, override v rule against; "The Republicans were overruled when the House voted on the bill" Synonym(s): overrule, overturn, override, overthrow, reverse prevail over; "health considerations override financial concerns" counteract the normal operation of (an automatic gear shift in a vehicle) ride (a horse) too hard
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Override \O`verride"\, v. t. [imp. {Overrode}; p. p. {Overridden}, {Overrode}, {Overrid}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Overriding}.] [AS. offer[c6]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.