over-ridden

adjective

Excessively ridden.

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

OriginMiddle English overridden ← Old English oferriden →
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Meanings

verb
  1. alternativerareAlternative spelling of overridden.
adjective
  1. Excessively ridden.

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

Origin

  1. Old Englishoferriden
  2. Middle Englishoverridden
  3. Englishover-ridden

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

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APA

over-ridden. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/over-ridden

MLA

“over-ridden.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/over-ridden. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “over-ridden,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/over-ridden.

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