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verb (used with object), -ruled, -rul·ing.
1.
to rule against or disallow the arguments of (a person): The senator was overruled by the committee chairman.
2.
to rule or decide against (a plea, argument, etc.); reject: to overrule an objection.
3.
to prevail over so as to change the purpose or action: a delay that overruled our plans.
4.
to exercise control or influence over: belief in a beneficent deity that overrules the universe.
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Overruling
is always a great word to know.
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| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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Word Origin & History
overrule
"rule against; set aside, as by a higher authority," 1593, from over + rule (v.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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