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overrule

[ oh-ver-rool ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

, o·ver·ruled, o·ver·rul·ing.

to rule against or disallow the arguments of (a person):
The senator was overruled by the committee chairman.
to rule or decide against (a plea, argument, etc.); reject:
to overrule an objection.
to prevail over so as to change the purpose or action:
a delay that overruled our plans.
to exercise control or influence over:
belief in a beneficent deity that overrules the universe.

overrule

/ ˌəʊvəˈruːl /

First recorded in 1570–80; over- + rule

He tried to contact a Health Republic doctor to overrule the nurse and get approval for payment.

First, he maintains that enactment of such a law “would overrule a historic Supreme Court decision.”

If all the mild mutineers could be induced to cling together, they could easily overrule Howe and his party.

I think it right to state the facts, because it shows how wonderfully God's grace can overrule.

Hope they'll overrule it—make a lot of difference to me if they don't.

It will, of course, overrule any conflicting view of the Provost-Marshal-General, if there be such.

We know the court that made it has often overruled its own decisions, and we shall do what we can to have it to overrule this.

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