Overrule

Part of speech: verb (v.)

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 [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.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

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