?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 97 ^v It is demed bi Auicen..þat hole transuersale fracture is of yuel preperacioun ffor wiþ difficulte abideþ þe bonez after naturale continuite And for þi in hem falleþ ofttymez ouerrydyng [?c1425 Paris one to ryde on another; L. super equitatura] of bones.

1442 T. Bekington Let. in G. Williams Mem. Reign Henry VI (1872) II. 190 (MED) As for the cuntreys of Xantonge and of Madok, they make noon doubt with oon over ryding soon to gete hit.

1876 H. R. F. Bourne Life J. Locke I. vi. 276 Its avowed overriding of the decisions of parliament.

1892 Science 19 Aug. 100/2 The overriding of the little toe and of its neighbor is beginning to manifest itself.

1906 Bull. Amer. Geogr. Soc. 38 163 That the gravels have been overridden by ice admits of no doubt; but the overriding did not extend the whole length of the fiord.

1930 W. S. Churchill My Early Life xiii. 184 I had not heard a word in Cairo of how Sir Herbert Kitchener had received the over-riding by the War Office of his wishes upon my appointment.

1997 I. F. Fletcher in R. Cranston Making Commerc. Law xvii. 411 These articles, of themselves, create no insuperable barriers to the overriding of the alleged ‘right of silence’.

1830 H. N. Coleridge Introd. Greek Poets 76 The supremacy of the Jupiter of the Iliad is unincumbered by any overriding fate.

1850 C. Dickens David Copperfield lxi. 604 What were supposed to be the main advantages of this all-governing and universally over-riding system?

1946 R. A. McFarland Human Factors Air Transport Design x. 148 Many pilots feel..that in the event of an emergency they must have immediate access to engine instruments. Overriding throttle controls for the pilot may be advisable.

1956 A. H. Compton Atomic Quest ii. 126 If Oppenheimer has an ‘Achilles’ heel, it is his overriding loyalty to his friends.

1979 Gourmet Dec. 45/1 Both stores have achieved their preeminence by making service to the customer, no matter how recherché or demanding, an overriding concern.

1995 A. J. Holt Watch Me 157 The hotels had overriding superkeys that could open any room using a ‘back door’ four-number sequence.

1883 Geol. Mag. Aug. 338 The advancing movement of the over-riding and under-thrust masses.

1906 Man 6 74 Just below the upper edge [of the basket] and between each of the lines are overriding cross loops, taking in four of the coils.

1990 P. Kearey & F. J. Vine Global Tectonics v. 91 The tension could result from the ‘roll-back’ of the underthrusting plate..i.e., the downgoing slab retreats from the overriding plate.

1999 Jrnl. Reprod. Med. 44 737 Sonography revealed..left cardiac deviation (66 degrees), overriding fingers, and club and rock-buttock feet.

1893 A. Conan Doyle Stockbroker's Clerk in Strand Mag. 5 284/1 You are to have an over-riding commission of 1 per cent. on all business done by your agents.

1930 A. Palmer Company Secretarial Pract. 47 Companies frequently pay ‘overriding’ commission also. This is a commission paid to persons for procuring other persons who are willing to underwrite blocks of shares.

1986 Jrnl. Risk & Insurance 53 265 (note) A receiving reinsurer pays to a ceding reinsurer an ‘over-riding’ commission.

1938 Econ. Jrnl. 48 522 Their actions in the short term are overridingly governed by the profit-motive.

1955 N.Y. Times 1 June 29/3 The initial reaction, including segregationists and integrationists, overridingly stressed the court's ruling.

2001 Ethics 111 226 The goal was an overridingly important one.