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English Dictionary: overrule	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for overrule
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
overrule v rule against; "The Republicans were overruled when the House voted on the bill" Synonym(s): overrule, overturn, override, overthrow, reverse
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Overrule \O`ver*rule"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Overruled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Overruling}.] 1. To rule over; to govern or determine by superior authority. 2. To rule or determine in a contrary way; to decide against; to abrogate or alter; as, God overrules the purposes of men; the chairman overruled the point of order. His passion and animosity overruled his conscience. --Clarendon. These [difficulties] I had habitually overruled. --F. W. Newman. 3. (Law) To supersede, reject, annul, or rule against; as, the plea, or the decision, was overruled by the court.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Overrule \O`ver*rule"\, v. i. To be superior or supreme in rulling or controlling; as, God rules and overrules. --Shak.