Word Meanings - OVERRULE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To supersede, reject, annul, or rule against; as, the plea, or the decision, was overruled by the court. (more info) 1. To rule over; to govern or determine by superior authority. 2. To rule or determine in a contrary way; to decide against; to

Additional info about word: OVERRULE

To supersede, reject, annul, or rule against; as, the plea, or the decision, was overruled by the court. (more info) 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 I had habitually overruled. F. W. Newman.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of OVERRULE)

• Supersede
• Remove
• displace
• obviate
• oust
• recal
• neutralize
• overrule
• suspend
• supplant

Related words: (words related to OVERRULE)

• SUPPLANT
  heels, to throw down; sub under + planta the sole of the foot, also, 1. To trip up. "Supplanted, down he fell." Milton. 2. To remove or displace by stratagem; to displace and take the place of; to supersede; as, a rival supplants another in the
• NEUTRALIZE
  To render inert or imperceptible the peculiar affinities of, as a chemical substance; to destroy the effect of; as, to neutralize an acid with a base. 3. To destroy the peculiar or opposite dispositions of; to reduce to a state of indifference
• DISPLACER
  The funnel part of the apparatus for solution by displacement. (more info) 1. One that displaces.
• SUPERSEDE
  To omit; to forbear. (more info) superior to, forbear, omit; super above + sedere to sit: cf. F. 1. To come, or be placed, in the room of; to replace. 2. To displace, or set aside, and put another in place of; as, to supersede an officer. 3. To
• DISPLACEABLE
  Capable of being displaced.
• REMOVER
  One who removes; as, a remover of landmarks. Bacon.
• RECALCITRANT
  Kicking back; recalcitrating; hence, showing repugnance or opposition; refractory. (more info) kick back; pref. re- re- + calcitrare to kick, fr. calx heel. Cf.
• SUSPEND
  To support in a liquid, as an insoluble powder, by stirring, to facilitate chemical action. To suspend payment , to cease paying debts or obligations; to fail; -- said of a merchant, a bank, etc. Syn. -- To hang; interrupt; delay; intermit; stay;
• DISPLACEMENT
  The process of extracting soluble substances from organic material and the like, whereby a quantity of saturated solvent is displaced, or removed, for another quantity of the solvent. Piston displacement , the volume of the space swept through,
• REMOVED
  1. Changed in place. 2. Dismissed from office. 3. Distant in location; remote. "Something finer than you could purchase in so removed a dwelling." Shak. 4. Distant by degrees in relationship; as, a cousin once removed. -- Re*mov"ed*ness (r, n.
• OVERRULER
  One who, or that which, controls, governs, or determines. Sir P. Sidney.
• REMOVE
  1. To move away from the position occupied; to cause to change place; to displace; as, to remove a building. Thou shalt not remove thy neighbor's landmark. Deut. xix. 14. When we had dined, to prevent the ladies' leaving us, I generally ordered
• NEUTRALIZER
  One who, or that which, neutralizes; that which destroys, disguises, or renders inert the peculiar properties of a body.
• SUPERSEDEAS
  A writ of command to suspend the powers of an officer in certain cases, or to stay proceedings under another writ. Blackstone.
• RECALLABLE
  Capable of being recalled.
• RECALCITRATE
  To kick against; to show repugnance to; to rebuff. The more heartily did one disdain his disdain, and recalcitrate his tricks. De Quincey.
• SUSPENDER
  One who, or that which, suspends; esp., one of a pair of straps or braces worn over the shoulders, for holding up the trousers.
• OBVIATE
  1. To meet in the way. Not to stir a step to obviate any of a different religion. Fuller. 2. To anticipate; to prevent by interception; to remove from the way or path; to make unnecessary; as, to obviate the necessity of going. To lay
• OVERRULE
  To supersede, reject, annul, or rule against; as, the plea, or the decision, was overruled by the court. (more info) 1. To rule over; to govern or determine by superior authority. 2. To rule or determine in a contrary way; to decide against; to
• RECALLMENT
  Recall. R. Browning.
• PRECALCULATE
  To calculate or determine beforehand; to prearrange. Masson.
• SELF-SUSPENDED
  Suspended by one's self or by itself; balanced. Southey.
• PHASE DISPLACEMENT
  A charge of phase whereby an alternating current attains its maximum later or earlier. An inductance would cause a lag, a capacity would cause an advance, in phase.