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Definition of Overran
1. overrun [v] - See also: overrun
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overran
Literary usage of Overran
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Dictionary of English History edited by Sidney Low, Frederick Sanders Pulling (1896)
"Tho first campaign was a great triumph for Frederick. Assuming the offensive, h«
overran Saxony, defeated the Austrian», whj were advancing to its relief at ..."
2. The Old and New Testament connected in the history of the Jews and by Humphrey Prideaux (1836)
"... Labienus, with one part of it, pursued Saxa into Cilicia, and, having there
slain him,1 overran all the Lesser Asia; and forcing Plancus to flee thence ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"... and overran the northern and eastern provinces of Persia. How these loose
desultory bands were guided to subsequent victories, and moulded with the ..."
4. Missionary Review of the World by James Lutzweiler (1900)
"These are the descendants of the Chinese inhabitants of Manchuria, who united
their fortunes with the Manchus when the latter overran the country three ..."
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