D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Overruling

· O·ver·rul·ing · IPA /ˈoʊvərrˌuːlɪŋ/
01 a. Exerting controlling power; as, an overruling Providence.
  1. 1.
    Exerting controlling power; as, an overruling Providence.