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Definitions for: Overrule [v] rule against; "The Republicans were overruled when the House voted on the bill"
Webster (1913) Definition: 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.
O`ver*rule", v. i.
To be superior or supreme in rulling or controlling; as, God
rules and overrules. --Shak.
Synonyms: override, overthrow, overturn, reverse
See Also: decree, rule
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