over-ridden
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See also: overridden
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English overridden, from Old English oferriden, past participle of oferrīdan (“to ride over”), equivalent to over- + ridden.
Verb[edit]
over-ridden
- (rare) Alternative spelling of overridden
Adjective[edit]
over-ridden
- Excessively ridden.
- […] there was blood on ... the sides of his over-ridden horse", Sir Walter Scott, The Black Dwarf
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