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Grammar : Verb
Spell : oh-ver-ran
Phonetic Transcription : ˌoʊ vərˈræn



Definition of overran

Origin :
  • Old English oferyrnan; see over- + run (v.). The noun meaning "excess expenditure over budget" is from 1956. Related: Overran; overrunning.
  • verb defeat, invade
  • verb infest, spread over; exceed
Example sentences :
  • In Greece it was first the rude Hellenes who overran the Pelasgians.
  • Extract from : « A Short History of Spain » by Mary Platt Parmele
  • That divine pity which only a woman can feel filled and overran her heart.
  • Extract from : « Nell, of Shorne Mills » by Charles Garvice
  • Then crossing the Adda, they overran the country as far as Milan.
  • Extract from : « History Of Florence And Of The Affairs Of Italy » by Niccolo Machiavelli
  • They infested the ships, they overran the wharves, they traversed the sewers.
  • Extract from : « Eben Holden » by Irving Bacheller
  • The Boxers, practising their mystic rites, overran the district.
  • Extract from : « The Fulfilment of a Dream of Pastor Hsi's » by A. Mildred Cable
  • The English took advantage of these disputes, and overran the land.
  • Extract from : « The Red True Story Book » by Various
  • By 1840 it was probably known to the trappers who overran the country.
  • Extract from : « The Book of the National Parks » by Robert Sterling Yard
  • It showed rustily through the creeping vines which overran it.
  • Extract from : « The Scarlet Plague » by Jack London
  • Last time they overran this country they burned the Alexandrian library.
  • Extract from : « A Desert Drama » by A. Conan Doyle
  • They clung to the wood—they overran it, and leaped in hundreds upon my person.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Edgar Allan Poe » by Edgar Allan Poe

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