Dictionary Entry
overrule
overrule is a 8-letter English word with 5 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To rule over; to govern or determine by superior authority. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
8 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 14 · 5 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To rule over; to govern or determine by superior authority.
- 2transitive verb
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.
- 3transitive verb
To supersede, reject, annul, or rule against; as, the plea, or the decision, was overruled by the court.
- 4intransitive verb
To be superior or supreme in rulling or controlling; as, God rules and overrules.
- 5verb
rule against
"The Republicans were overruled when the House voted on the bill"
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