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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 part2.
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.
OVERACT'
,Verb.
I.
Definition 2024
overact
overact
English
Verb
overact (third-person singular simple present overacts, present participle overacting, simple past and past participle overacted)
- (performing arts) To act in an exaggerated manner.
- He overacted his part.
- (obsolete, transitive) To act upon, or influence, unduly.
- Milton
- The hope of inheritance overacts them.
- Milton
Derived terms
Synonyms
Translations
act in an exaggerated manner
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