OVERRULING

Verb

overruling

present participle of overrule

Noun

overruling (plural overrulings)

The situation where something is overruled.

Source: Wiktionary


O`ver*rul"ing, a.

Definition: Exerting controlling power; as, an overruling Providence.

– O`ver*rul"ing*ly, adv.

OVERRULE

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)

Definition: To supersede, reject, annul, or rule against; as, the plea, or the decision, was overruled by the court.

O`ver*rule", v. i.

Definition: To be superior or supreme in rulling or controlling; as, God rules and overrules. Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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