over-ridden

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English overridden, from Old English oferriden, past participle of oferrīdan (“to ride over”), equivalent to over- +‎ ridden. === Verb === over-ridden (rare) Alternative spelling of overridden. === Adjective === over-ridden Excessively ridden. […] there was blood on ... the sides of his over-ridden horse", Sir Walter Scott, The Black Dwarf