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Grammar : Verb
Spell : oh-ver-rool
Phonetic Transcription : ˌoʊ vərˈrul



Definition of overruled

Origin :
  • "rule against; set aside, as by a higher authority," 1590s, from over- + rule (v.). It was used earlier in a sense "to govern, control" (1570s). Related: Overruled; overruling.
  • verb cancel, reverse a decision
  • verb repeal
Example sentences :
  • But the opposition was overruled, and the triumphant result silenced all opposition.
  • Extract from : « Little Masterpieces of Science: » by Various
  • In this intention he was overruled by his brothers, who said that they could not part with him.
  • Extract from : « The Indian Fairy Book » by Cornelius Mathews
  • The verdict of 1840 could not have been overruled twenty-one years later.
  • Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 104, June, 1866 » by Various
  • She was overruled by the friends of Clunie, and he hastened to his ruin.
  • Extract from : « Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 » by Mrs. Thomson
  • The prisoner then challenged one of the jury, but that challenge was overruled.
  • Extract from : « Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 » by Mrs. Thomson
  • The Kaiser, without doubt, was overruled by the military party.
  • Extract from : « Good Old Anna » by Marie Belloc Lowndes
  • Gaston seemed to demur, but Félice overruled him imperiously.
  • Extract from : « The Rose of Old St. Louis » by Mary Dillon
  • I will tell the great Council of Public Safety that they have been overruled by a maid.
  • Extract from : « The Tory Maid » by Herbert Baird Stimpson
  • The legate, overruled her protest, refused her appeal, and summoned her back.
  • Extract from : « Henry VIII. » by A. F. Pollard
  • Cole Younger was opposed to going so far from home, but was overruled.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Outlaw » by Emerson Hough

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