Overrun /(?)/
O·ver·run
Overrun
v. t.
imp. Overran; p. p. Overrun; p. pr. & vb. n. Overrunning
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To run over; to grow or spread over in excess; to invade and occupy; to take possession of; as, the vine overran its trellis; the farm is overrun with witch grass.
Those barbarous nations that overran the world.
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To exceed in distance or speed of running; to go beyond or pass in running.
Ahimaaz ran by the way of the plain, and overran Cushi.
- To go beyond; to extend in part beyond; as, one line overruns another in length.
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To abuse or oppress, as if by treading upon.
None of them the feeble overran.
- To carry over, or back, as type, from one line or page into the next after, or next before. (Print.)
Overrun
v. i.
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To run, pass, spread, or flow over or by something; to be beyond, or in excess.
Despised and trodden down of all that overran.
- To extend beyond its due or desired length; as, a line, or advertisement, overruns. (Print.)