Word Meanings - OVERRULE - Book Publishers vocabulary database
To supersede, reject, annul, or rule against; as, the plea, or the decision, was overruled by the court. (more info) 1. To rule over; to govern or determine by superior authority. 2. To rule or determine in a contrary way; to decide against; to
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To supersede, reject, annul, or rule against; as, the plea, or the decision, was overruled by the court. (more info) 1. To rule over; to govern or determine by superior authority. 2. To rule or determine in a contrary way; to decide against; to abrogate or alter; as, God overrules the purposes of men; the chairman overruled the point of order. His passion and animosity overruled his conscience. Clarendon. These I had habitually overruled. F. W. Newman.
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- SUPPLANT
heels, to throw down; sub under + planta the sole of the foot, also, 1. To trip up. "Supplanted, down he fell." Milton. 2. To remove or displace by stratagem; to displace and take the place of; to supersede; as, a rival supplants another in the - NEUTRALIZE
To render inert or imperceptible the peculiar affinities of, as a chemical substance; to destroy the effect of; as, to neutralize an acid with a base. 3. To destroy the peculiar or opposite dispositions of; to reduce to a state of indifference - DISPLACER
The funnel part of the apparatus for solution by displacement. (more info) 1. One that displaces. - SUPERSEDE
To omit; to forbear. (more info) superior to, forbear, omit; super above + sedere to sit: cf. F. 1. To come, or be placed, in the room of; to replace. 2. To displace, or set aside, and put another in place of; as, to supersede an officer. 3. To - DISPLACEABLE
Capable of being displaced. - REMOVER
One who removes; as, a remover of landmarks. Bacon. - RECALCITRANT
Kicking back; recalcitrating; hence, showing repugnance or opposition; refractory. (more info) kick back; pref. re- re- + calcitrare to kick, fr. calx heel. Cf. - SUSPEND
To support in a liquid, as an insoluble powder, by stirring, to facilitate chemical action. To suspend payment , to cease paying debts or obligations; to fail; -- said of a merchant, a bank, etc. Syn. -- To hang; interrupt; delay; intermit; stay; - DISPLACEMENT
The process of extracting soluble substances from organic material and the like, whereby a quantity of saturated solvent is displaced, or removed, for another quantity of the solvent. Piston displacement , the volume of the space swept through, - REMOVED
1. Changed in place. 2. Dismissed from office. 3. Distant in location; remote. "Something finer than you could purchase in so removed a dwelling." Shak. 4. Distant by degrees in relationship; as, a cousin once removed. -- Re*mov"ed*ness (r, n. - OVERRULER
One who, or that which, controls, governs, or determines. Sir P. Sidney. - REMOVE
1. To move away from the position occupied; to cause to change place; to displace; as, to remove a building. Thou shalt not remove thy neighbor's landmark. Deut. xix. 14. When we had dined, to prevent the ladies' leaving us, I generally ordered - NEUTRALIZER
One who, or that which, neutralizes; that which destroys, disguises, or renders inert the peculiar properties of a body. - SUPERSEDEAS
A writ of command to suspend the powers of an officer in certain cases, or to stay proceedings under another writ. Blackstone. - RECALLABLE
Capable of being recalled. - RECALCITRATE
To kick against; to show repugnance to; to rebuff. The more heartily did one disdain his disdain, and recalcitrate his tricks. De Quincey. - SUSPENDER
One who, or that which, suspends; esp., one of a pair of straps or braces worn over the shoulders, for holding up the trousers. - OBVIATE
1. To meet in the way. Not to stir a step to obviate any of a different religion. Fuller. 2. To anticipate; to prevent by interception; to remove from the way or path; to make unnecessary; as, to obviate the necessity of going. To lay - OVERRULE
To supersede, reject, annul, or rule against; as, the plea, or the decision, was overruled by the court. (more info) 1. To rule over; to govern or determine by superior authority. 2. To rule or determine in a contrary way; to decide against; to - RECALLMENT
Recall. R. Browning. - PRECALCULATE
To calculate or determine beforehand; to prearrange. Masson. - SELF-SUSPENDED
Suspended by one's self or by itself; balanced. Southey. - PHASE DISPLACEMENT
A charge of phase whereby an alternating current attains its maximum later or earlier. An inductance would cause a lag, a capacity would cause an advance, in phase.