English dictionary

overrule

/,/oU/v/@/r'r/u/l/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

verb

rule against

verb.cognition

Examples
The Republicans were overruled when the House voted on the bill.

Synonyms override overthrow overturn reverse

Source: WordNet 3.0
To rule over; to govern or determine by superior authority.

verb

Source: webster1913
To be superior or supreme in rulling or controlling; as, God rules and <i>overrules</i>.

verb

Source: webster1913