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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Overrun  \O`ver*run"\,  v.  t.  [imp.  {Overran};  p.  p.  {Overrun};  p. 
  pr  &  vb  n.  {Overrunning}.  ] 
  1.  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. 
  --Spenser. 
 
  2.  To  exceed  in  distance  or  speed  of  running;  to  go  beyond  or 
  pass  in  running. 
 
  Ahimaaz  run  by  the  way  of  the  plain,  and  overran 
  Cushi.  --2  Sam. 
  xviii.  23. 
 
  3.  To  go  beyond;  to  extend  in  part  beyond;  as  one  line 
  overruns  another  in  length. 
 
  Note:  In  machinery,  a  sliding  piece  is  said  to  overrun  its 
  bearing  when  its  forward  end  goes  beyond  it 
 
  4.  To  abuse  or  oppress,  as  if  by  treading  upon 
 
  None  of  them  the  feeble  overran.  --Spenser. 
 
  5.  (Print.) 
  a  To  carry  over  or  back  as  type  from  one  line  or  page 
  into  the  next  after  or  next  before 
  b  To  extend  the  contents  of  (a  line  column,  or  page) 
  into  the  next  line  column,  or  page. 

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