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.

O`ver*run", v. i. 1. To run, pass, spread, or flow over or by

something; to be beyond, or in excess.

Despised and trodden down of all that overran.

Spenser.

2. (Print.) To extend beyond its due or desired length; as, a line, or

advertisement, overruns.

O`ver*run"ner (?), n. One that overruns. Lovelace.

O`ver*sat"u*rate (?), v. t. [Cf. Supersaturate.] To saturate to excess.

O`ver*say" (?), v. t. To say over; to repeat. Ford.

O`ver*scent"ed (?), a. 1. Scented excessively.

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