Bp. Sanderson.
(l) To be popularly known; to be generally received.
Men gave them their own names, by which they run a great while in
Rome.
Sir W. Temple.
Neither was he ignorant what report ran of himself.
Knolles.
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(m) To have growth or development; as, boys and girls run up rapidly.
If the richness of the ground cause turnips to run to leaves.
Mortimer.
(n) To tend, as to an effect or consequence; to incline.
A man's nature runs either to herbs or weeds.
Bacon.
Temperate climates run into moderate governments.
Swift.
(o) To spread and blend together; to unite; as, colors run in washing.
In the middle of a rainbow the colors are . . . distinguished, but
near the borders they run into one another.