OVERRUN

I. transitive verb (overran; -run; -running) Date: before 12th century 1. a. to defeat decisively and occupy the positions of, to invade and occupy or ravage, to spread or swarm over ; infest , 2. to run or go beyond or past , exceed , to readjust (set type) by shifting letters or words from one line into another, to flow over , II. noun Date: 1898 an act or instance of ~ning, the amount by which something ~s, a run in excess of the quantity ordered by a customer