Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to overrule
Participle: overruled
Gerund: overruling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | overrule |
| you | overrule |
| he;she;it | overrules |
| we | overrule |
| you | overrule |
| they | overrule |
Perfect
| I | have overruled |
| you | have overruled |
| he;she;it | has overruled |
| we | have overruled |
| you | have overruled |
| they | have overruled |
Past
| I | overruled |
| you | overruled |
| he;she;it | overruled |
| we | overruled |
| you | overruled |
| they | overruled |
Pluperfect
| I | had overruled |
| you | had overruled |
| he;she;it | had overruled |
| we | had overruled |
| you | had overruled |
| they | had overruled |
Future
| I | will overrule |
| you | will overrule |
| he;she;it | will overrule |
| we | will overrule |
| you | will overrule |
| they | will overrule |
Future Perfect
| I | will have overruled |
| you | will have overruled |
| he;she;it | will have overruled |
| we | will have overruled |
| you | will have overruled |
| they | will have overruled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | overrule |
| you | overrule |
| he;she;it | overrule |
| we | overrule |
| you | overrule |
| they | overrule |
Perfect
| I | have overruled |
| you | have overruled |
| he;she;it | have overruled |
| we | have overruled |
| you | have overruled |
| they | have overruled |
Imperfect
| I | overruled |
| you | overruled |
| he;she;it | overruled |
| we | overruled |
| you | overruled |
| they | overruled |
Pluperfect
| I | had overruled |
| you | had overruled |
| he;she;it | had overruled |
| we | had overruled |
| you | had overruled |
| they | had overruled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would overrule |
| you | would overrule |
| he;she;it | would overrule |
| we | would overrule |
| you | would overrule |
| they | would overrule |
Perfect
| I | would have overruled |
| you | would have overruled |
| he;she;it | would have overruled |
| we | would have overruled |
| you | would have overruled |
| they | would have overruled |
Imperative
| you | overrule |
| we | Let's overrule |
| you | overrule |
Verbs conjugated like 'overrule'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'overrule'
ferrule,
overbulk,
overhale,
overhele,
overprune,
overpull,
overpulse,
overrake,
overrate,
overrely,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *úp
3. Proto-Indo-European *-er
4. Proto-Indo-European *upér
5. Proto-Germanic *uber
6. Old English ofer-
7. Middle English over-
8. English over-
9. English rule
10. English overrule
11. From over- + rule.
Sample Sentences
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His passion and animosity overruled his conscience. [1702–1704, Edward [Hyde, 1st] Earl of Clarendon, (please specify |book=I to XVI), in The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, Begun in the Year 1641. […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed at the [Sheldonian] Theater:]
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The line judge signalled the ball was in, but this was overruled by the umpire.
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Tali: It's my father. He's the senior member of the Admiralty Board. He's one of only five people who can overrule the decisions of the Conclave for the good of the Migrant Fleet.
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Tali: My father is responsible for the lives of seventeen million people -- our entire race is in his hands. And I'm his only child. [2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Normandy SR-1:]
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Scott, somewhat stunned and now worried that everybody might have opened fire at the U.S. destroyers (he presumably missed Laffey and Farenholt merrily blazing away with their own guns into the darkness), ordered all firing to cease after a couple of minutes. Helena, along with Boise, was already several hundred shells lighter, and both Boise and San Francisco herself actually kept firing, as their captains were utterly sure about their targets; San Franciscos captain was very apologetic as he overruled' Admiral Scott. [2020 December 9, Drachinifel, 20:18 from the start, in Guadalcanal Campaign - Cape Esperance (IJN 1 : 2 USN), archived from the original on 04 Dec 2022:]