Overridden

//ˌəʊ.vəˈɹɪd.ən// verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Verb
  1. 1
    past participle of override form-of, participle, past

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beatbeatenbestedconfoundeddefeateddiscomfited

Etymology

From Middle English overridden, from Old English oferriden, past participle of oferrīdan (“to ride over”), equivalent to over- + ridden.

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