Definition of Overrunning

1. Verb. (present participle of overrun) ¹

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Definition of Overrunning

1. overrun [v] - See also: overrun

Lexicographical Neighbors of Overrunning

overruffs
overrule
overruled
overruler
overrulers
overrules
overrulest
overruleth
overruling
overrulingly
overrulings
overrun
overrunner
overrunners
overrunneth
overrunning
overruns
overs
oversad
oversaid
oversail
oversails
oversale
oversales
oversalt
oversalted
oversalting
oversalts
oversample
oversampled

Literary usage of Overrunning

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Works of George Fox by George Fox (1831)
"I declared to some what the Lord had let me see, when there were such fears of his overrunning Christendom; ..."

2. The Chief American Poets: Selected Poems by Bryant, Poe, Emerson, Longfellow by Curtis Hidden Page (1905)
"... Quite forgetful of self, and full of the praise overrunning with laughter, Said, in a tremulous voice, ' Why don't you speak for yourself, John ? ..."

3. The Invasion of the Crimea: Its Origin, and an Account of Its Progress Down by Alexander William Kinglake (1877)
"... loose bodies of troops Russian forming part of the enemy's vanguard began to overrunning 0 r * ' B the crest appear on the crest, and soon indeed they ..."

4. The Old and New Testament Connected in the History of the Jews and by Humphrey Prideaux (1845)
"... intestine divisions which were then in that country, by reason of the revolt of Amasis, marched with his army thither, and overrunning the whole land, ..."

5. American States, Churches, and Slavery by Joshua Rhodes Balme (1862)
"... have its refuges of lies swept away by the overrunning flood of God's desolating vengeance; and be brought to recognise the real matter at issue. ..."

6. The Modern Gasoline Automobile: Its Design, Construction, Operation and by Victor Wilfred Pagé (1917)
"... System—Typical Starting Motors —Automatic Pinion Shift—Overrunning Clutches—Electric Lighting Systems—Bulbs and Lamp Forms—Combination Lamps—Novelties ..."

7. The Complete Golfer by Harry Vardon (1908)
"... the hole a chance"—Easier to putt back after overrunning than when short—The trouble of Tom Morris, T)UTTING in golf Is a game within another game. ..."

8. A History of the American Revolution by William Shepherd (1834)
"... took comfort from the consideration that the enemy had effected little in the course of the campaign, excepting the overrunning and plundering of an ..."

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