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Webster 1913 Edition


Overact

Oˊver-act′

,
Verb.
T.
1.
To act or perform to excess; to exaggerate in acting;
as, he
overacted
his part
.
2.
To act upon, or influence, unduly.
[Obs.]
The hope of inheritance
overacts
them.
Milton.

Oˊver-act′

,
Verb.
I.
To act more than is necessary; to go to excess in action.
B. Jonson.

Webster 1828 Edition


Overact

OVERACT'

,
Verb.
T.
To act or perform to excess; as, he overacted his part.

OVERACT'

,
Verb.
I.
To act more than is necessary.

Definition 2024


overact

overact

English

Verb

overact (third-person singular simple present overacts, present participle overacting, simple past and past participle overacted)

  1. (performing arts) To act in an exaggerated manner.
    He overacted his part.
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To act upon, or influence, unduly.
    • Milton
      The hope of inheritance overacts them.

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