O`ver*ride" (?), v. t. [imp. Overrode (?); p. p. Overridden (?), Overrode, Overrid (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Overriding.] [AS. offerīdan.] 1. To ride over or across; to ride upon; to trample down.

The carter overridden with [i. e., by] his cart.

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.

4. To ride too much; to ride, as a horse, beyond its strength.

• to ride across or beyond something
  
• to ride a horse too hard
  
• to counteract the normal operation of something
  
• a mechanism, device or procedure used to counteract an automatic control
  
• a royalty