Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Override

Override , transitive verb

[Anglo-Saxon offerīdan.]

1.
To ride over or across; to ride upon; to trample down.
The carter overridden with [i. e., by] his cart. — Chaucer
2.
To suppress; to destroy; to supersede; to annul; to nullify; as, one law overrides another; to override a veto.
3.
To countermand; to overrule; as, a supervisor may override the decision of a subordinate.
4.
To replace (one system with another); as, the pilot overrode the automatic pilot and took manual control of the airplane.
5.
To ride beyond; to pass; to outride. [Obsolete]
I overrode him on the way. — Shakespeare
6.
To ride too much; to ride, as a horse, beyond its strength.