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Verb: overrule  ,ow-vu(r)'rool
  1. Rule against
    "The Republicans were overruled when the House voted on the bill";
    - overturn, override, overthrow, reverse

Derived forms: overrules, overruling, overruled

Type of: decree, rule

Encyclopedia: Overrule

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