Word info Synonyms

overruled

Meaning

of Overrule

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

Phrases with the word

Examples

It lies not in our power to love or hate, for will in us is overruled by fate. Christopher Marlowe

Data always overruled theory. Gregory Benford

Thou hast tasted of prosperity and adversity; thou knowest what it is to be banished thy native country, to be overruled as well as to rule and sit upon the throne; and being oppressed, thou hast reason to know how hateful the oppressor is both to God and man. Robert Barclay

Presidential power was overruled by the high bench in July 1974, when President Nixon was ordered to turn over some audio tapes of his White House conversations, including the 'smoking gun' tape of June 23, 1972, that revealing the Watergate cover up. Helen Thomas

Their tribal system is strictly matriarchal, which follows a pattern even Terra once knew: the fertile earth mother and her priestesses, who became the witches when the gods overruled the goddesses. Andre Norton

Abuja – Justice Okon Abang of the Abuja Federal High Court on Monday overruled Abdulrasheed Maina’s plea to reject documented evidence presented against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms