transitive. To control, modify, or override the rule of (a person, a law, etc.), through superior power or authority.
| 单词 | θ177986 |
| 释义 | society > authority > [verb (transitive)] > prevail over by superior authority (8) overrule1576 transitive. To control, modify, or override the rule of (a person, a law, etc.), through superior power or authority. overtop1584 transitive. To rise above or exceed (a person or thing) in power or authority; to override; to overpower. predominate1590 transitive. To dominate, prevail over, control. oversway1593 transitive. To take precedence over by virtue of superior authority; to overrule, countermand (an order, ruling, action, etc.). Also intransitive. monarch1600 transitive. To have sovereignty over; to bring under one's rule. rare. predominize1648 transitive. To dominate, prevail over; = predominate, v. 1b. to have the whip hand (of)1680 figurative phr. to have the whip hand (of): to have the advantage or upper hand (of), control. Hence in similar phr. predominec1721 transitive. To dominate, prevail over; = predominate, v. 1b. rare. |
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