over-ridden
See also: overridden
English
Etymology
From Middle English overridden, from Old English oferriden, past participle of oferrīdan (“to ride over”), equivalent to over- + ridden.
Verb
over-ridden
- (rare) Alternative spelling of overridden
Adjective
over-ridden
- Excessively ridden.
- […] there was blood on ... the sides of his over-ridden horse", Sir Walter Scott, The Black Dwarf