Hypertext Webster Gateway: "overact"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Overact \O`ver*act"\, v. 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Overact \O`ver*act"\, v. i.
To act more than is necessary; to go to excess in action.
--B. Jonson.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
overact
v : exaggerate one's acting [syn: {ham}, {overplay}] [ant: {underact}]
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