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overrule
[ oh-ver-rool ]
verb (used with object)
- 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 /
verb
- to disallow the arguments of (a person) by the use of authority
- to rule or decide against (an argument, decision, etc)
- to prevail over, dominate, or influence
- to exercise rule over
Other Words From
- over·ruler noun
- over·ruling·ly adverb
- uno·ver·ruled adjective
Example Sentences
If there are five justices who wish to overrule decisions like those of Atkins, Roper, and Miller, Jones potentially presents them with a way to do it.
One report said Leach’s interview for the Tennessee job “went very well,” and another indicated that then-athletic director John Currie was prepared to hire Leach but was overruled by the administration.
If FDA career scientists get overruled by political appointees, that would also be a major sign of political pressure.
Let me give me you the three reasons why we think it should be overruled, and it was a very nice generous thing to do.
When they failed, thanks to a maneuver granted by a recent state law that allows a few large cities that represent a majority of the county’s population to overrule the rest of the board, they walked out.
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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