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over-ridden

over-ridden is the alternative spelling of overridden.

Adjective

over-ridden

  1. Excessively ridden.
    • […] there was blood on ... the sides of his over-ridden horse", Sir Walter Scott, The Black Dwarf

Origin of over-ridden

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

Questions about over-ridden

What does over-ridden mean?
Over-ridden means excessively ridden.
What is over-ridden the alternative spelling of?
Over-ridden is the alternative spelling of overridden.
What part of speech is over-ridden?
Over-ridden is an adjective.

Words near over-ridden in the dictionary

  1. over-respect
  2. over-respected
  3. over-respecting
  4. over-respects
  5. over-richness
  6. over-ridden
  7. over-ripe
  8. over-run
  9. over-secrete
  10. over-secreted
  11. over-secretes

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