overrulingn.
/ˌəʊvəˈruːlɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌoʊvə(r)ˈrulɪŋ/ The action of overrule v.; an instance of this.
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society > authority > lack of subjection > [noun] > setting aside authority
overriding?a1425
overruling1622
1622 F. Bacon Hist. Raigne Henry VII 135 It was a plaine and direct ouer-ruling of the king's title.
1663 Case Mary Carleton 117 Such-like cowardly Bravado's as he had used to the over-ruling of my affections, when he pretended he would do an hundred more mischiefs to himself, if I would not consent to marry him.
1671 R. Head & F. Kirkman Eng. Rogue IV. v. 74 A young woman had (by the over-ruling and perswasion of friends) permitted her self to be married to an old man.
1842 H. E. Manning Serm. xxvi. 402 There shall be strange overrulings of our blind judgments.
1883 R. Broughton Belinda I. xi. 196 By her tyrannic overruling they were sent home in different vehicles.
1969 Lat. Amer. (Nexis) 31 Jan. 33 There have been persistent examples of his interference.., the most outstanding being his apparent overruling of the President's press statement.
2002 Perth Sunday Times (Nexis) 21 Jan. In the fifth set, Hewitt, serving to go 5-4 up, survived a break point and an overruling by the umpire.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
overrulingadj.
/ˌəʊvəˈruːlɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌoʊvə(r)ˈrulɪŋ/ That overrules something or someone; that exerts superior or absolute authority; prevailing.
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society > authority > [adjective]
authorizable1530
grave1541
authorical1571
overruling1586
magistral1596
potestativea1631
magisterial1635
authorative1638
authoritative1638
herile1644
exousiastic1688
take-charge1950
take-hold1973
society > authority > power > influence > [adjective] > of controlling or predominating influence
regitive?a1425
reigninga1500
reignative1532
overruling1586
predominating1595
hegemonicala1602
regnant1604
dominating1611
ruling1652
presiding1653
hegemonic1656
over-ruly1657
regulant1677
in the ascendanta1698
overriding1830
octopean1896
hegemoniac1959
1586 G. Pettie & B. Yong tr. S. Guazzo Ciuile Conuersat. (rev. ed.) iv. f. 208v We are not inueagled with those ouerrulinge passions, as youthes are.
1615 F. Bacon Let. to James I 12 Feb. If you take my lord Coke..your Majesty shall put an overruling nature into an overruling place.
a1686 J. Gordon Hist. Scots Affairs (1841) I. 169 They..may bring upon this churche and ministrye ane heavy yocke of overuling elders.
1725 E. F. Haywood Fatal Secret 243 'Tis irresistible over-ruling Fate that contradicts your Will.
1780 C. Reeve Old Eng. Baron (ed. 2) 232 All these, when together, furnish a striking lesson to posterity, of the over-ruling hand of Providence, and the certainty of retribution.
1806 T. S. Surr Winter in London I. vii. 154 Both have been decreed by an over-ruling Providence.
1853 W. G. Simms Caius Marius 307 At seventy years, alone and desolate! But the o'erruling Deities decree My triumph.
1935 E. Bowen House in Paris ii. xi. 227 She could not see traffic without seeing with what overruling coldness things guided themselves.
2002 Philippine Daily Inquirer (Nexis) 20 June He would have been shocked by the spectacle of greed and selfishness that have become the overruling passions of this day.
Derivatives
ˌoverˈrulingly adv. now rare
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1854 Webster's Dict. 786/3 Overrulingly, controllingly.
a1891 H. Melville Billy Budd xviii, in Wks. (1924) XIII. 84 The first lieutenant..now over-rulingly instructed by a glance from Captain Vere..resumed that primacy.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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