Overrule /(?)/

O·ver·rule

Overrule

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Overruled; p. pr. & vb. n. Overruling

  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.
    These [difficulties] I had habitually overruled.
    — F. W. Newman.
  3. To supersede, reject, annul, or rule against; as, the plea, or the decision, was overruled by the court. (Law)

Overrule

v. i.
  1. To be superior or supreme in rulling or controlling; as, God rules and overrules.