- (v.t.) To abuse or oppress, as if by treading upon.
- (p.p.) of Overrun.
- (v.i.) To run, pass, spread or flow over or by something; to be beyond or in excess.
- (v.t.) To extend the contents of (a line, column or page) into the next line, column or page.
- (v.t.) 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.
- (v.t.) To exceed in distance or speed of running; to go beyond or pass in running.
- (v.i.) To extend beyond its due or desired length; as, a line or advertisement, overruns.
- (v.t.) To go beyond; to extend in part beyond; as, one line overruns another in length.
- (v.t.) To carry over or back, as type, from one line or page into the next after or next before.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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