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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.

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