单词 | overruling |
释义 | overrulingn. The action of overrule v.; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ 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. That overrules something or someone; that exerts superior or absolute authority; prevailing. ΘΚΠ 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 ΚΠ 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). < n.1622adj.1586 |
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